The Georgia Court of Appeals tossed out a defense verdict for an apartment complex near Six Flags where a man was murdered during a robbery and carjacking, ruling that the judge improperly instructed the jury that they could consider whether the deceased had assumed the risk of being attacked. 

The appeals panel also said the trial judge failed to weigh the probative value of evidence about the apartments’ security costs before barring its admission. 

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