HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF BEN HILL COUNTY v. Bostic

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Maggie Nelms Bostic brought suit against the Hospital Authority of Ben Hill County d/b/a Dorminy Medical Center (the “hospital”) to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained when she fell on the sidewalk outside the hospital entrance. We authorized the hospital’s interlocutory appeal from the denial of its motion for summary judgment.

The material facts are not in dispute. Appellee had come to the hospital on September 4, 1987 to make a payment on an outstanding bill, which she testified by deposition she had done every week or every other week since incurring the…