Walker v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• applying rainy-day standards where “[i]t had been raining earlier that day in the morning, and it was still damp outside when [the plaintiff] entered the store.”
• affirming summary judgment where plaintiff noticed water on the floor after she fell but “could not testify, even generally, as to the amount of water that was on the floor”
• where amount of water on floor was not shown to be unusual amount for rainy day, plaintiff failed to show defendant’s constructive knowledge
• summary judgment was appropriate because the premises owner lacked superior knowledge compared to plaintiff, who deposed that she also was aware that customers track water into stores on rainy days
• summary judgment was appropriate because the premises owner lacked superior knowledge compared to plaintiff, who deposed that she also was aware that customers track water into stores on rainy days
• tiled floor inside store entrance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Drew v. Istar Financial, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-01· cited 30×
• Dickerson v. Guest Services Co. of Virginia
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-11-05· cited 29×
• Hayward v. Kroger Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-04· cited 20×
• Pinckney v. Covington Athletic Club & Fitness Center
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-11-30· cited 19×
• Smith v. Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-16· cited 15×
• Walmart Stores East L. P. v. Benson.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-04· cited 11×
• B-T Two, Inc. v. Bennett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-01-27· cited 9×
• Season All Flower Shop, Inc. v. Rorie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-15· cited 9×
• Roberts v. Outback Steakhouse of Florida, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-12· cited 7×
• Diaz v. Wild Adventures, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-30· cited 7×
• Cottingham v. Sapp
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-22· cited 7×
• Courter v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-11· cited 4×
• Dickerson v. Guest Services Co. of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-08-18· cited 2×
• Duff v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-24· cited 2×
• Ahuja v. Cumberland Mall, LLC
  N.D. Georgia· 2011-09-26· cited 2×
• JULIE B. HAZARD v. MEDLOCK TAVERN, INC. D/B/A OLD FOUNTAIN TAVERN
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-08-19
• Miller v. Shaner Hotel Group Ltd. Partnership
  S.D. Georgia· 2014-02-21
• Kenneth Courter v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-11
• Frances Hayward v. the Kroger Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-04
• Season All Flower Shop, Inc. D/B/A Pristine Chapel Lakeside v. Vera D. Rorie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-15

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Matjoulis v. Integon General Ins. Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-14· cited 645×
• Robinson v. Kroger Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 568×
• Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-05-28· cited 517×
• Gibson v. Consolidated Credit Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1964-07-14· cited 101×
• Gentile v. Miller, Stevenson & Steinichen, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-11-05· cited 56×
• Colbert v. Piggly Wiggly Southern
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-05-07· cited 45×
• Hallberg v. Flat Creek Animal Clinic, P. C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-05· cited 24×
• Wright v. JDN Structured Finance, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-28· cited 21×
• Smith v. Toys\ R\ US, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-01· cited 20×
• Mansell v. Starr Enterprises/Texaco, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-01· cited 18×
• Edwards v. Ingles Market, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-20· cited 15×
• Cook v. Arrington
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-04· cited 12×
• Palermo v. Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-05-06· cited 8×
• Morrison v. JH HARVEY CO., INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-06-20· cited 4×