Richardson v. Mapoles’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Robinson v. Kroger Co. · Home Builders Ass'n of Savannah, Inc. v. Chatham County · 263 Ga. App. 758 - Pennington v. WJL, INC. · Canaan Land Properties, Inc. v. Herrington · 303 Ga. App. 490 - Imperial Investments Doraville, Inc. v. Childers
Most-quoted passages
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“Causation is always an essential element in slip or trip and fall cases. Where the plaintiff does not know of a cause or cannot prove the cause, there can be no recovery because an essential element of negligence cannot be proven. A mere possibility of causation is not enough and when the matter remains one of pure speculation or conjecture and the probabilities are at best evenly balanced it is appropriate for the court to grant summary judgment to the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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