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· 5/14/2009

Johns v. Housing Authority for the City of Douglas

Citations

  • 678 S.E.2d 571
  • 297 Ga. App. 869
  • 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 1714
  • 2009 Ga. App. LEXIS 589

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a tenant’s failure to secure her apartment foreclosed the issue of causation as to whether the landlord’s failure to provide enhanced security allowed a sexual assault to occur
  • holding that a tenant's failure to secure her apartment foreclosed the issue of causation as to whether the landlord's failure to provide enhanced security allowed a sexual assault to occur
  • “A landlord's duty to exercise ordinary care to protect a tenant against third-party criminal attacks extends only to foreseeable criminal acts.’’
  • “A landlord’s duty to exercise ordinary care to protect a tenant from third-party criminal attacks extends only to foreseeable criminal acts.”
  • “Speculation that raises a mere conjecture or possibility is not sufficient to create even an inference of fact for consideration on summary judgment.”
  • “Speculation that raises a mere conjecture or possibility is not sufficient to create even an inference of fact for consideration on summary judgment.”

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Judges: Johnson, Ellington, Mikell

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