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· 1/14/1998

Haskins v. Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc.

Citations

  • 496 S.E.2d 471
  • 230 Ga. App. 350
  • 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 360
  • 1998 Ga. App. LEXIS 72

How courts have described this case

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  • granting summary judgment to the defendant because no evidence existed that the purported hazard was readily visible to Plaintiff or others who were in the immediate vicinity
  • “the true ground of liability is the owner or occupier’s superior knowledge of the hazard and the danger therefrom”
  • the pertinent inquiry as to constructive knowledge is whether “the defendant had an employee in the immediate area of the hazard who could have easily seen and removed the hazard before the plaintiffs fall”

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Judges: Harold R. Banke

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