Peachtree North Apartments Company v. Huffman-Wolfe Company

Quillian, Judge.

The question for decision is whether two independent contractors who had completed and turned their work over to the owner would be liable to plaintiff who fell in a parking lot because she stepped in a hole which varied from two to five inches in depth and from two to five feet in length and width.

"It is a well established general rule that, where the work of an independent contractor is completed, turned over to, and accepted by the owner, the contractor is not liable to third persons for damages or injuries subsequently suffered by reason of the condition of the work, even…