Brown v. All-Tech Inv. Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming the trial court’s grant of summary judgment because “no reasonable jury” could find in the plaintiff’s favor on the issue of proximate cause
• independent, intervening criminal act of third party generally treated as proximate cause of injury superseding any negligence of defendant, unless intervening criminal act is reasonably foreseeable consequence of defendant’s negligence
• invitees, injured in criminal attack on building, were not third-party beneficiaries of contract between premises owner and company providing security to premises, even though invitees could expect to be benefitted by performance of security contract
• experts’ opinions which discussed generalized concepts of violent reactions to financial disaster and workplace violence insufficient to create issue of fact as to foreseeability of shooting spree at the offices of two day-trading firms which killed nine people
• “[S]ummary judgment is appropriate in negligence cases when, viewing all the facts and reasonable inferences from those facts in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, the evidence does not create a triable issue on the question of proximate cause.”
• “To state a cause of action for negligence under Georgia law, the following elements are essential: (1) Alegal duty to conform to a standard of conduct raised by the law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm; (2) a breach of this standard; (3

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Boller v. Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-08-16· cited 35×
• Baker v. Simon Property Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-05-24· cited 24×
• CDP Event Services, Inc. v. Atcheson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-16· cited 20×
• The Medical Center Hospital Authority v. Marion Baker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-04-10· cited 20×
• La Quinta Inns, Inc. v. Leech
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-29· cited 18×
• WELCH v. PAPPAS RESTAURANTS, INC. (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-29· cited 18×
• Fair v. CV Underground, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-16· cited 15×
• Cotton v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-01· cited 13×
• Donnalley v. Sterling
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-13· cited 12×
• Dowdell v. Wilhelm
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-05-27· cited 12×
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Deen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-09-16· cited 11×
• Osman v. Olde Plantation Apartments on Montreal, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-24· cited 11×
• Reid v. Midwest Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-19· cited 9×
• Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. v. Landers
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-02· cited 8×
• Norby v. Heritage Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-20· cited 7×
• Goldstein, Garber & Salama, LLC v. J. B.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 7×
• Edwards v. Campbell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-14· cited 7×
• Eldred v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-28· cited 5×
• Dolphin Realty v. Headley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-01-21· cited 4×
• Ferrell v. United Water Services Unlimited Atlanta, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-03· cited 4×

Cites

33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-06-27· cited 2,024×
• Bradley Center, Inc. v. Wessner
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-27· cited 320×
• Southern Railway Co. v. Webb
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1902-08-07· cited 143×
• Schmeck v. City of Shawnee
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1982-09-17· cited 113×
• Sturbridge Partners, Ltd. v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-17· cited 113×
• Sims v. American Casualty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-03-15· cited 96×
• Huggins v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-02-05· cited 90×
• ONTARIO SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, LTD. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 85×
• Strickland v. DeKalb Hospital Authority
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-09-12· cited 77×
• Anderson v. Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-23· cited 66×
• Associated Health Systems, Inc. v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-01-20· cited 52×
• Wright v. Ashe
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-06· cited 49×
• Adler's Package Shop, Inc. v. Parker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-05· cited 48×
• Doe v. Prudential-Bache/A.G. Spanos Realty Partners, L. P.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-03· cited 37×
• Hulsey v. Hightower
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1931-12-21· cited 35×
• Armor Elevator Co. v. Hinton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-04-18· cited 33×
• Perkins v. Morgan County School District
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-08-26· cited 29×
• FPI Atlanta, L.P. v. Seaton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-03· cited 27×
• Universal Underwriters Insurance v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-11-07· cited 26×
• Argonaut Insurance v. Clark
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-03-18· cited 26×