Split Panel Affirms Judgment For Senior Living Facility In Premises Liability Case

(November 7, 2023, 2:04 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — A split Georgia appellate court panel affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to an assisted living facility in a premises liability suit against it after a resident’s fall led to his death, finding that because the crack in the pavement where the man tripped “was a commonly occurring open and obvious static condition,” the facility lacked the superior knowledge necessary to prove premises liability....

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