Legal Opinion
Fontaine v. Home Depot, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 18, 2001No. A01A0628PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
In October 1995, Douglas Fontaine was injured when he fell in a stairwell at a Home Depot office facility. Fontaine filed this premises liability action against The Home Depot, Inc. in October 1997. Home Depot, Inc. answered that it was an improper defendant because it had no interest in the premises which was the subject of the action. Approximately nine months after receiving Home Depot, Inc.’s answer, and approximately ten months after the expiration of the statute of limitation, Fontaine moved to amend his complaint to add Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., which owned the…
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