Arthur v. Crown Central Petroleum Corp.

ORDER

MORGAN, District Judge.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On May 28, 1992, Mary B. Arthur (“Arthur”), accompanied by her daughter, filled her car with gasoline from Crown Central Petroleum Corporation (“Crown”). Arthur entered the cashier’s booth to pay for the gas and, while returning to her car, she fell. The fall caused her serious and permanent injury.

Arthur contends that Crown’s negligence in the maintenance, design, construction, operation, and marketing of its premises caused her fall. She claims that Crown allowed the premises to exist in a dangerous condition which should have been apparent to…