· 5/11/1989
Harvey Freeman & Sons, Inc. v. Stanley
Citations
- 378 S.E.2d 857
- 259 Ga. 233
- 4 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 646
- 1989 Ga. LEXIS 212
How courts have described this case
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- assumption of risk valid consideration in sexual abuse suit by 14-year-old girls against building manager
- assumption of risk/avoidance of danger held jury issue based on plaintiffs’ youth and inexperience
- Court of Appeals erred in holding assumption of risk statute had no bearing in the case because defendant owner was being negligent, although the manager and her husband were being sued for allegedly committing intentional torts
- Court of Appeals erred in holding assumption of risk statute had no bearing in the case because defendant owner was being negligent, although the manager and her husband were being sued for allegedly committing intentional torts
- minor girl's consent to sex relevant for purpose of comparative fault
- assumption of risk statute applies only to negligence, not intentional acts
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Judges: Marshall
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