Legal Opinion · Dissent

Harmon v. City of College Park

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 12, 1995No. A95A0671Published

1DissentMcMurray, Presiding Judge

I respectfully dissent as it is my view that the case sub judice is not one of those rare instances where the trial court may side-step a jury and resolve issues of negligence, contributory negligence or assumption of the risk as a matter of law. Further, it is my view that the majority erroneously adopts the trial court’s construction of proof and thereby fails to adhere to the requirement that, upon summary adjudication, the evidence must be viewed in a light which most favorably supports an opposing party’s claims. Salmon v. Pearson & Assoc., 214 Ga. App. 11 (446 SE2d 762). To this extent,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Town of Fort Oglethorpe v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  2. Telligman v. Monumental Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  3. Cunningham v. National Service Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. ReidCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  5. Moon v. Homeowners' Ass'n of Sibley Forest, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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