Elstun v. Spangles, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, C.J.:

In this slip-and-fall personal injury action, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant property owner, applying the “slight-defect rule” regarding sidewalks to the owner s parking lot and determining as a matter of law that the defendant had no duty to protect the plaintiff from the slight defect that allegedly caused her injury. The Court of Appeals reversed, refusing to extend the slight-defect rule to defendant’s parking lot. Elstun v. Spangles, Inc., 40 Kan. App. 2d 458, 193 P.3d 478 (2008). On petition for…