Legal Opinion

Lumbus v. D. L. Claborn Buick-Opel, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 22, 1980No. 59123PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Chief Judge.

In this slip-and-fall case no negligence is alleged, and no inference of negligence can arise, resulting from any act of the defendant unless it is the construction of the incline between the service area and the outside ground level. Pictures attached to the motion for summary judgment show a standard, non-defective, concrete construction with no great change in the levels of the two planes. Such construction has frequently been held not to be negligent. Family Dollar Stores v. Brown, 123 Ga. App. 359 (181 SE2d 100) (1971); Lamberson v. Norris, 135 Ga. App. 647 (2) (218…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Chotas v. J. P. Allen & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
  2. Pilgreen v. HansonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
  3. Executive Committee of the Baptist Convention v. WardlawSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  4. Butts v. Academy of Beauty, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
  5. Cash & Save Drugs, Inc. v. DrewCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Lowe v. Macerich Real Estate Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  2. Rude v. Winn Dixie StoresCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991

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