Nicholson v. City of Danville

Trip and fall on State-maintained sidewalk located within municipal boundaries.

Summary judgment for both defendant municipality and defendant adjacent property owner on ground that neither was responsible for sidewalk’s maintenance.

We affirm.

This litigation arises from a fall sustained by the plaintiff, Dorothy Nicholson (Nicholson), on October 2, 1981, on a sidewalk on the east side of the Dixie Highway, also known as State Route 1, and adjoining the western boundary of the Dixie Drive In Theatre property. The Dixie Highway runs north and south, and the sidewalk on which Nicholson fell is…