Legal Opinion
CDP Event Services, Inc. v. Atcheson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 16, 2008No. A07A1823PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
John Carey Atcheson was injured by another patron while attending a concert at the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre. Atcheson and his mother filed suit against the Amphitheatre, House of Blues Concerts, Inc. (“HOB”), and CDP Event Services, Inc. (“CDP”), the independent contractor that provided security-related services during events at the Amphitheatre, contending that they were liable for Atcheson’s injuries based upon their failure to prevent the criminal conduct of the attacker. CDP filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that it did not owe Atcheson a duty to prevent the attack.…
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