Ursino v. Big Boy Restaurants of America

Opinion

COMPTON, J.

Plaintiff in a personal injury action appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant Big Boy Restaurants. We affirm.

Plaintiff, a 72-year-old woman, suffered a fractured hip and other injuries when she allegedly tripped and fell over a portion of sidewalk located on the premises of defendant’s Torrance restaurant. After eating in defendant’s establishment, plaintiff proceeded on foot to the parking lot by way of defendant’s private walkway designated as the north walkway. That pathway was 82.85 feet in length, 8 feet wide, and composed of 4-foot-wide sections…