Wright v. K-Mart Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Jerome Wright and his wife, Wetona, appeal from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the K-Mart Corporation (“K-Mart”) on their claim for personal injuries suffered when Mr. Wright tripped and fell on a shelving unit at a K-Mart store in Tifton. Finding that the Wrights have come forward with no evidence showing that K-Mart had superior knowledge of the alleged hazard, we affirm.
To prevail on a motion for summary judgment, the moving party must show that there is no genuine issue of material fact, and that the undisputed facts, viewed in a light most favorable to the…
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