[DOWNLOAD] "Henry Roy Portwood v. Smith Et Al." by Court of Appeals of Georgia * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Henry Roy Portwood v. Smith Et Al.
- Author : Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Release Date : January 11, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
On September 20, 1988, LeRoy Smith, an employee of B & A Roofing Company, Inc. (""B & A Roofing"") was injured while performing a reroofing job at the West Georgia Technical Institute (""West Georgia Tech""). At the time of his injury, Smith was using a metal handle mop to mop tar on an area of roof. He received an electrical shock when the mop's handle touched a power line running from an electrical transformer located on the roof. Smith and his wife initially filed suit against several defendants and later other defendants were impleaded and/or substituted. Plaintiffs eventually dismissed all defendants except Henry Roy Portwood, Inc., a roofing consultant company. 1 Portwood filed a motion for summary judgment which the trial court denied, but certified that order for immediate review. This court granted Portwood's application for interlocutory appeal. 1. Portwood argues the trial court erred in denying his motion for summary judgment because Portwood owed no duty to plaintiff. We agree and reverse the trial court's denial of Portwood's motion for summary judgment.