Stoltz v. Burton

BECTON, Judge.

I

We have been asked to decide whether the trial court erred in allowing the defendant’s summary judgment motion in this negligent maintenance of property action. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

II

Plaintiff, Glenna Shatley Stoltz, seeks to recover damages for injuries she sustained when she fell while leaving the defendant’s, Elvin 0. Burton’s, premises, Oakwood Stratford Shopping Center. Stoltz entered the shopping center only a few feet from the point where she sustained injuries upon leaving. Stoltz alleges (1) that the gradually sloping sidewalk and parking lot…