Patterson v. Thomas

Hall, Judge.

In support of the motion for summary judgment the defendant submitted the plaintiff’s testimony by deposition: I “caught my heel on the edge of the furnace and started falling forward and hit a little throw rug she had there on the floor, and when I did my feet went straight up, and I hit on my back . . . I hit it [the furnace] right on the edge . . .. [the defendant’s wife said] she caught her heel on it and fell. . . . I could have caught my balance if the throw rug hadn’t been there ... I started stumbling forward and hit this throw mat which didn’t have any rubber backing on…