262 Ga. App. 216 - Hicks v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · Robinson v. Kroger Co. · 234 Ga. App. 392 - Hannah v. Hampton Auto Parts, Inc. · 232 Ga. App. 791 - Flournoy v. Hosp. Auth. of Houston County · 209 Ga. App. 881 - Bastien v. Metropolitan Park Lake Associates, L.P.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the deck failed at the point at which the deck was attached to the house, and the deck had been attached to the house with carpentry nails, though the codes required the use of hex bolts; contrary to code requirements, no flashing was used to protect the wood from water damage, and the wood was damaged as a result; the support posts were set on top of cinder blocks instead of being set into a foundation sufficient to support the weight load of the deck; and the posts were improperly “toe-nailed” into the deck.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“and evidence of nonconformity with code standards may be proof of the landowner's superior knowledge of a defect under OCGA § 51-3-1.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.