Siddons v. Business Properties Development Co.

OPINION

ZLAKET, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 On June 2,1992, 4-year-old Rick Sid-dons was seriously injured when a heavy door fell on him in front of Berry’s Appliance Warehouse, one of several businesses in a Tempe strip mall. Earlier that day, Berry’s employees had removed the glass and metal door from its hinges and placed it on the sidewalk, propping it against the outside wall of the building beside the customer entrance.

¶ 2 Deposition testimony of store managers indicates that Berry’s employees routinely followed this practice — sometimes two or three times a day — to facilitate the movement of…