Campbell v. Valley Garden Apartments

The plaintiff, Viola Campbell, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Valley Garden Apartments and Oxford Properties, Inc., d/b/a Valley Garden Apartments.

The plaintiff, Viola Campbell, has lived in the Valley Garden Apartments since 1984. In 1986, she moved into the apartment where she now resides. There was at that time a sidewalk connected to Campbell's apartment that led to the garbage dumpster. Part of the sidewalk was a steel plate suspended over a drainage ditch.

The evidence before the trial court, viewed in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, indicates the…