Boswell v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff was the victim of a criminal attack while an invitee on appellee-defendant’s premises. As the result of injuries that he sustained in this attack, appellant filed this suit against appellee, seeking to recover both compensatory and punitive damages. The trial court denied appellant’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of appellee’s potential liability for punitive damages. Pursuant to this court’s grant of appellant’s application for an interlocutory appeal, he appeals from the trial court’s order.

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