City of Atlanta v. Durham

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

The City of Atlanta appeals from the trial court’s order denying its motion to dismiss the complaint filed after Janice Durham was killed during the demolition of a house owned by the City. Yekeisha Durham, the administrator of the estate of Janice Durham, and Eric Durham, Janice Durham’s son, filed the complaint alleging that the City of Atlanta and the company that was hired to perform the demolition were negligent in not checking to make sure that the house was empty before beginning the demolition, and were also negligent in not shutting off the gas to the house…