St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc. v. Gardner Sewell Hall

Rickman, Judge.

Gardner Sewell Hall brought a negligence action against St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., to recover for personal injuries he sustained when he fell in the hospital's visitor parking deck; his wife asserted a claim for loss of consortium. St. Joseph's appeals from the trial court's order denying its motion for summary judgment. 1 For reasons that follow, we reverse.

"A de novo standard of review applies to an appeal from a grant or denial of summary judgment, and we view the evidence, and all reasonable conclusions and inferences drawn from it, in the light most favorable…