Summary Judgment: DeKalb County, Georgia (General Liability)
Atlanta partner Joe Menello and associate Alex Taylor recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of Publix Super Markets in a premises-liability case in DeKalb County, Georgia.
This case arose when a customer alleged that she was being harassed by an off-duty police officer at a Publix location in 2021. She brought suit against the Officer and the store, claiming that she told the store about the Officer’s actions and that the store refused to do anything about it. It became clear after the Plaintiff was deposed that she never made these reports.
We moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the store had no prior knowledge of the alleged actions and accordingly couldn’t have addressed the issues any sooner than it did. The Court agreed and granted our motion, dismissing the case against Publix.
Congratulations to Joe and Alex on this excellent result.