Updyke v. BP Oil Co.

MONTEMURO, Senior Judge:

BP Oil Company (BP) appeals from the judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on August 1, 1997. We affirm.

Dorothy Updyke, Appellee, then 79 years old, broke her ankle on February 19, 1993, after slipping on a patch of ice at a combination gasoline station and convenience store owned and operated by BP. After her car broke down on a public road adjoining BP’s property, Updyke entered BP’s premises for the sole purpose of using a telephone to call her mechanic. Upon approaching BP’s store, she passed, without noticing, a public pay phone located…