Legal Opinion · Dissent

Wren v. Harrison

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 10, 1983No. 64966, 64993Published

1DissentBeen, Presiding Judge

While the majority may correctly survey the historical duty of care imposed upon a landowner as to a licensee, I believe it ignores the recent trend of the law to date culminating in Gregory v. Johnson, 249 Ga. 151 (289 SE2d 232) (1982) overruling Gregory v. Johnson, 159 Ga. App. 320 (283 SE2d 357) (1981). My personal observations in the special concurrence therein did not prevail. The Supreme Court in Gregory followed Section 339 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts and imposed a duty on the landowner to exercise reasonable care to prevent foreseeable injury to trespassing children.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Patterson v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
  2. London Iron & Metal Co. v. AbneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Gregory v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  4. Gregory v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

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