Beardsley v. R. J. Manning Co.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from summary judgment granted to defendants, dismissing plaintiff’s action for personal injury damages.

Defendants own and operate the Manning Variety Store in which are maintained two passageways, or entrance doorways, which are the means of ingress and egress for customers. The northernmost passageway consists of a continuous ramp walkway which slopes down from the door to the sidewalk for a distance of approximately 106 inches, with a height variation of approximately 9 inches between the sidewalk merger point and the said door. The southernmost walkway…