Court Opinion

ID: 9854557
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:09:08.898216+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:09.317030
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Deen, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
Many of the cases cited in the majority opinion support the position of the dissent that issues of fact remain for the jury.
The following cases cited by the majority all rejected contentions, considerations, and claims that motions for summary judgment should have been sustained or that granting general demurrer was appropriate. They are: Grier v. Jeffco Mgt. Co., 176 Ga. App. 158 (335 SE2d 408) (1985); Richardson v. Palmour Court Apts., 170 Ga. App. 204 (316 SE2d 770) (1984); Hull v. Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co., 142 Ga. App. 269 (235 SE2d 601) (1977); Plant v. Lowman, 134 Ga. App. 752 (216 SE2d 631) (1975); Warner v. Arnold, 133 Ga. App. 174 (210 SE2d 350) (1974); Kroger Co. v. Cobb, 125 Ga. App. 310 (187 SE2d 316) (1972); Point Apts. v. Bryant, 99 Ga. App. 110 (107 SE2d 684) (1959); Kleinberg v. Lyons, 39 Ga. App. 774 (148 SE 535) (1929) (approved by a 2-1 vote of this court, which at that time was a final vote and not subsequently considered by the whole court); Cox v. Walter M. Lowney Co., 35 Ga. App. 51 (132 SE 257) (1926); McGee v. Hardacre, 27 Ga. App. 106 (107 SE 563) (1921); Williams v. Jones, 26 Ga. App. 558 (106 SE 616) (1921).
A fortiori, where as here, the landlord promised to repair the heater, combined with knowledge that the property was condemned as unfit and “redtagged” as violating the city code while being occupied and used, the totality of the circumstances raises genuine issues of fact for jury consideration. See Pilgreen v. Hanson, 89 Ga. App. 703 (81 SE2d 18) (1954); Butts v. Academy of Beauty, 117 Ga. App. 222 (160 SE2d 222) (1968).