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Patrick v. Macon Hous. Auth.

Defendant exercised reasonable care under the circumstances in inspecting the laundry room floor in its apartment building for trash and water every two hours.

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Wanda Patrick slipped and fell in a puddle of water in a common area of an apartment building owned and operated by the Macon Housing Authority. She brought two suits seeking to recover for injuries she suffered in the fall: a premises liability claim against the Authority pursuant to OCGA § 51-3-1 claiming it failed to keep the common area safe for invitees, and a claim based on the principle of respondeat superior against Justice Home Care, Inc. claiming its employee negligently left the water on the floor. The appeal in Case No. A01A0066 is from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for Justice Home Care. We affirm the trial court in this case because Patrick’s claim was based on sheer speculation that Justice Home Care’s employee left the water which caused the slip and fall. The appeal in Case No. A01A0067 is from the trial court’s denial of the Authority’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse the trial court in this case because we find as a matter of law that the Authority exercised reasonable care pursuant to OCGA § 51-3-1 to inspect and keep safe the common area of the building.

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