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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF ATLANTA v. JEFFERSON

No. A96A0912.

476 S.E.2d 831 (1996)

223 Ga. App. 60

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF ATLANTA v. JEFFERSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Thomas G. Sampson, Jeffrey E. Tompkins, Melynee C. Leftridge, Myra H. Dixon, Atlanta, for appellant.

Clifford J. Steele, Anthony A. D'Aurio, Atlanta, for appellee.

BLACKBURN, Judge.

Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta (AHA) appeals the trial court's denial of summary judgment on the issue of whether it had the duty to inspect for the presence of a smoke detector when qualifying a house for use under federal Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for Existing Housing (Section 8).

Three-year-old Calvin Jefferson, Jr. was severely injured when his family's home caught fire on January 3, 1990. The aunt who was...

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