A recent case in the State of Georgia deals with summary judgment and proximate cause. In the case, the plaintiff burned her hand in a kitchen fire. She sued an alarm company for installing an allegedly defective smoke detector alarm system, which she contended failed to alert her soon enough to detect the fire.
The defendant alarm company filed a motion for summary judgment, which was granted by the court. The plaintiff appealed to the appellate court, asserting genuine issues of material fact as to whether the defendant’s negligence was the proximate cause of her injuries.