A lawsuit was filed agiainst the owner of the building complex and the management company for the office complex under a premises liability throry. the owner and management company answered the lawsuit and filed a third party complaint for contribution against the tenant who pushed the elevator button, the tenant's employer whose office was located in the building, the construction company who built the building , the original electrical contraactor who located the wiring in the elevator pit, and the elevator company who installed and maintaned the elevator. The defendants moved for Summary Judgement on the independent contractor and exclusive remedy of worker's compensation defenses.  Judge Isaac Jenrette of Fulton County Superior Court denied the defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment.

Through extensive discovery depositions and from a review of both the electrical and elevator codes, the plaintiffs them filed a partial motion for the Summary Judgment on the issue of negligence per se regarding certain electrical and elevator code violations.  Judge Jenrette granted the plaintiff's motion for partial Summary Judgment on the issue of negligence per se finding three (3) code violations as proven through the evidence by the plaintiffs. Georgia law states that the elevator permit holder is responsible for complianse with all applicable elevtrical and elevator code sections which make the management company and the building owners liable.  The case settled shortly therafter prior to an Order on the plaintiff's Motion for Partia

Summary Judgment being entered by the court.