Klopp v. Wackenhut Corp.

OPINION

RANSOM, Chief Justice.

Nancy Klopp appealed to the court of appeals from a directed verdict rendered at the conclusion of her case against Trans World Airlines, Inc. and Wackenhut Corporation. Klopp had sued for personal injuries sustained when she tripped over the stanchion base of a metal detector at an airport security station. Wackenhut operated the security station for TWA. Deferring to this Court to resolve whether the open and obvious danger doctrine has been abrogated by comparative negligence, the court of appeals affirmed the directed verdict.

We issued a writ of certiorari to…