Taylor v. McDonald

Sognier, Judge.

Sara McDonald sued Roy Taylor and Debbie Black, the owner and resident manager, respectively, of Taylor Apartments, to recover damages for injuries she sustained when she fell on a common walkway. The trial court denied Taylor and Black’s motion for summary judgment, and we granted interlocutory appeal.

The record reveals that both appellee and her daughter, Diane Thomas, rented apartments in the complex. Thomas’ apartment was located across the way and upstairs from that of appellee. Approximately four to six weeks prior to appellee’s fall, an automobile had backed into a…