Wittenberg v. 450 Capitol Associates

How courts have described this case

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

• previous incident in which another person walked into and broke glass panel in same doorway not sufficiently similar
• previous incident in which another person walked into and broke glass panel in same doorway not sufficiently similar
• “Where the distraction [or in this case concealment] is self-induced, it may not excuse one’s failure to exercise ordinary care for one’s own safety.”
• “[T]here is no obligation to protect the invitee against dangers or hazards which are known to him or which are so obvious and apparent he may reasonably be expected to discover them.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robinson v. Kroger Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 568×
• General Motors Corp. v. Moseley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-06-13· cited 58×
• Wilson Foods Corp. v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-07-03· cited 37×
• Sutton v. Winn Dixie Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-02· cited 22×
• Forest Cove Apartments, LLC v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-08-21· cited 17×
• Brantley v. Custom Sprinkler Systems, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-09-01· cited 16×
• Smith v. Housing Authority of Athens
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-02-14· cited 9×
• Bodenheimer v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-28· cited 7×
• Shubert v. Marriott Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 5×
• Jones v. Murphy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-21· cited 4×
• Aggeles v. Theater of the Stars, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-10· cited 3×
• Fannie Gervin v. the Retail Property Trust
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-13
• Forest Cove Apartments, LLC v. Teresa R. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-08-21

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-06-27· cited 2,024×
• Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-05-10· cited 66×
• Amear v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-10-06· cited 58×
• Morton v. Stewart
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-01-31· cited 40×
• CARLTON COMPANY v. Poss
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-06-11· cited 30×
• King Cotton, Ltd. v. Powers
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-03-02· cited 22×
• Forde v. Citizens & Southern Georgia Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-03-21· cited 20×
• Zellers v. Theater of the Stars, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-06-28· cited 18×
• Sinclair v. Orozco
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-09-16· cited 12×
• Abrahamsen v. McDonald's Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-12-01· cited 9×
• Moody v. Southland Investment Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-05-05· cited 9×
• Poss v. CARLTON COMPANY
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-12-01· cited 8×
• Simone v. Hancock Textile Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-06-05· cited 8×
• Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Clum
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-13· cited 3×