Brown v. Autry Greer and Sons, Inc.

Artelia Brown appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of Autry Greer and Sons, Inc. ("Greer's"), in a suit charging Greer's with negligent maintenance of its business premises.

Seventy-one-year-old Artelia Brown drove to Greer's grocery store with her husband on the morning of October 31, 1985. It had rained earlier that morning and the sidewalk outside Greer's was wet, but it was not raining when the Browns arrived at Greer's. Entry to the store is gained by passing through a set of double doors equipped with ordinary doorknobs. Mrs. Brown entered Greer's alone. She alleged that a…