J. H. Harvey Co. v. Freeman

ELLINGTON, Presiding Judge.

The State Court of Ware County denied the motion for summary judgment filed by J. H. Harvey Co., LLC (“Harvey”) in this slip and fall case filed by Ellaree Freeman. We granted Harvey’s application for an interlocutory appeal to consider whether the trial court erred in denying Harvey’s motion without hearing oral argument. The relevant facts are undisputed, and our review is de novo.1 The record shows that, on the same day that Harvey filed its motion for summary judgment, December 11, 2012, it also filed as a separate pleading a Request for Oral Hearing. Under…