Norman v. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a property management company was undisputedly responsible for “inspecting, maintaining, and repairing the premises” but finding that the property management company did not have superior knowledge of the hazard
• explaining that a defendant is entitled to summary judgment if there is no evidence that it had superior knowledge or the undisputed evidence shows that the plaintiff’s knowledge of the hazard was equal to or greater than that of the defendant
• affirming grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff’s claims of negligence per se, where plaintiff failed to offer into evidence a copy of the applicable building code or specify which sections of the code the defendant had violated
• affirming grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff’s claims of negligence per se, where plaintiff failed to offer in to evidence a copy of the applicable building code or specify which sections of the code the defendant had violated
• no liability under OCGA § 44-7-14 where landlord’s knowledge of hazard equals claimant’s knowledge
• “[n]egligence per se does not equal liability per se”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).