Legal Opinion
Carlock v. Kmart Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 15, 1997No. A97A0598PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Shortly before 10:00 p.m. on April 8, 1994, Evelyn Carlock was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in a shopping center parking lot. Evelyn Carlock’s surviving spouse and executor of her estate, Frank Carlock, sued two businesses located in the shopping center, Kmart Corporation, doing business as American Fare (“Kmart”), and Super Discount Markets, Inc., doing business as Cub Foods (“Cub Foods”). Carlock alleged that he was entitled to wrongful death and punitive damages due to the defendants’ negligence and conscious indifference to consequences in failing to keep the…
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