TIDWELL v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY

60306.

156 Ga. App. 153 (1980)

274 S.E.2d 137

TIDWELL v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don M. Jones, James B. Drew, Jr., for appellant.

Gary M. Sams, R. Phillip Shinall, III, for appellee.


SOGNIER, Judge.

In 1975 a telephone was installed in appellant's bedroom. She requested that the telephone be placed near her bed; therefore, the installer used a long cord and ran it across the floor in front of the bedroom doorway from a phone jack already in the bedroom wall. In 1977 Tidwell tripped over the cord and fell, sustaining injuries. Alleging negligence on the part of Southern Bell, she brought this action for damages. Southern Bell's motion for summary...

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