Silman v. Associates Bellemeade

Melton, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred by failing to apply this Court’s recent decision in Baxley v. Hakiel Industries, 282 Ga. 312 (647 SE2d 29) (2007) to the facts involved here. See generally Silman v. Assocs. Bellemeade, 294 Ga. App. 764 (669 SE2d 663) (2008). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

The record reveals that, in July 2004, Merdean Silman was standing on the back deck of a house rented by Lamar and Nancy Scott when the deck collapsed. Silman was injured, and she and her husband…