Deats v. Commercial Security Bank

OPINION

BILLINGS, Judge:

Plaintiff Cindy Deats (“Deats”) appeals from a jury verdict that Commercial Security Bank (“CSB”) was not negligent in the maintenance of its parking terrace. Deats claims that the jury’s verdict was contrary to the evidence and manifestly unjust, and that a jury instruction misstated the law, constituting prejudicial error. We affirm.

I

FACTS

At 7:05 a.m. on Monday, February 27, 1984, Deats parked on the uncovered fourth level of a parking structure owned by CSB. Arriving before sunrise, Deats was the first patron of the parking lot. After parking her car, Deats, while…