MARTIN v. JOHNSON-LEMON

No. S98G1494.

516 S.E.2d 66 (1999)

271 Ga. 120

MARTIN v. JOHNSON-LEMON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied May 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray & Hedrick, L. Bruce Hedrick, Atlanta, for appellant.

Blank & Associates, A. Russell Blank, Atlanta, Dennis A. Brown, for appellee.


SEARS, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether, in reversing the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant landlord in this wrongful death action, the Court of Appeals erroneously expanded the statutory bases for an out-of-possession landlord's liability to third persons injured on leased property. We conclude that, because an out-of-possession landlord's tort liability to third persons is determined under the bases set forth...

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