Legal Opinion
Bramblett v. EARL SMITH FLOORS, INC.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 11, 1997No. A97A0723PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
In this slip and fall case, plaintiffs Roberta Bramblett and her husband appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant Earl Smith Floors, Inc. Because the existence of different floor levels in a business does not constitute negligence or create an inherent danger, and because Bramblett had equal knowledge of the floor level change, we affirm.
In her complaint, Bramblett alleged that she fell from a step or ledge in appellee’s warehouse. At her deposition, she testified that she entered the warehouse ahead of one of Smith’s employees to look for some scrap…
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