Carter v. Bullitt Host, LLC

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE NOBLE

The Appellee, Bullitt Host, LLC, d/b/a Holiday Inn Express, operates a hotel. The Appellant, James Carter, sued Bullitt Host for injuries he suffered in a fall on ice on the hotel property. He alleged negligence in Bullitt Host’s maintenance of the entryway of the hotel during or soon after a severe snow storm. The hotel obtained summary judgment on the grounds1 that the icy patch on which Carter fell was a naturally occurring open-and-obvious hazard for which there' can be no liability under Standard Oil Co. v. Manis, 433 S.W.2d 856 (Ky. 1968). The Court…