Legal Opinion
Silman v. Associates Bellemeade
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 21, 2008No. A08A0863PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Chief Judge.
In July 2004, Merdean Silman was standing on the back deck of a house rented by Lamar and Nancy Scott when the deck fell. She sued the Scotts for damages resulting from personal injury, and her husband, Samuel Silman, sued for loss of consortium. The Silmans also sued the property owner, Associates Bellemeade, and the property management company, McCreary Realty Management, Inc. (“Bellemeade”)- Bellemeade moved for summary judgment, arguing it had no notice the deck was defective, and Silman moved for sanctions, arguing that Bellemeade destroyed the deck despite knowing…
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