Lay v. Munford, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing grant of summary judgment where defendant was “aware” that an armed robbery might occur because the convenience store had been the “scene of numerous armed robberies” and had hired a stakeout unit as a result
• “The question of reasonable foreseeability and the statutory duty imposed by [the predecessor to OCGA § 51-3-1], to exercise ordinary care to protect the plaintiff in the circumstances of this case, is for a jury’s determination rather than summary adjudication by the courts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Harris v. Pizza Hut of Louisiana, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1984-09-10· cited 317×
• Sturbridge Partners, Ltd. v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-17· cited 113×
• McCoy v. Gay
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-03-02· cited 58×
• Bishop v. Mangal Bhai Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-02-20· cited 55×
• Adler's Package Shop, Inc. v. Parker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-05· cited 48×
• Sun Trust Banks, Inc. v. Killebrew
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 36×
• Clark v. Carla Gay Dress Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-01-06· cited 33×
• Collie v. Hutson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-07-10· cited 23×
• Fagan v. Atnalta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-11-03· cited 22×
• Nalle v. Quality Inn, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-05-28· cited 20×
• Atlanta Center Ltd. v. Cox
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-04· cited 20×
• Washington Road Properties, Inc. v. Stark
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-05· cited 18×
• WELCH v. PAPPAS RESTAURANTS, INC. (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-29· cited 18×
• Tolbert v. Captain Joe's Seafood, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-02-13· cited 17×
• Deese v. NationsBank of Georgia, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-28· cited 16×
• Cope v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-07-06· cited 15×
• Hewett v. First National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-19· cited 14×
• Carolyn Cain, Mother of Mary C. Cain, Deceased, Cross-Appellee v. Frederick K. Vontz, D/B/A the Springs Apartments of MacOn Georgia, Cross-Appellant
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-04-25· cited 13×
• Vivian W. Galanti v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-09-06· cited 13×
• Bayshore Co. v. Pruitt
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-07-16· cited 13×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Warner v. Arnold
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-10-15· cited 65×
• Smith v. General Apartment Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-02-11· cited 22×
• Munford, Inc. v. Lay
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-04-10· cited 7×