Associated Distributors, Inc. v. Canup

Franicum, Judge.

Stripping the petition of its conclusions, the only negligence charged against the defendant in this case is that it maintained on a paved parking area adjacent to its loading platform a mound of tar and gravel pavement about 3 to 4 inches high at its peak, covering an area about equal to the size of a pickup truck, and sloping from the peak outwardly to the general level of the whole parking area. It was alleged that the plaintiff, after having parked his truck adjacent to the loading platform and after taking delivery of an order of merchandise from the defendant, while…