Baldwin County Hospital Authority v. Martinez

Andrews, Judge.

Baldwin County Hospital, pursuant to the grant of its application for interlocutory appeal, contends that denial of its motion for summary judgment was error.

Dr. Martinez, who had been on the staff of the hospital at that same location for 27 years, was injured when he tripped in the staff parking lot on October 1, 1988. He sued, alleging that he tripped over “cement covered with asphalt . . . which was the same dark color as the surrounding surface to the parking lot.” There were two access doors from the staff parking lot into the hospital. One, which was generally used by…