Folks, Inc. v. Dobbs

Beasley, Judge.

We granted defendant’s application for interlocutory review of the trial court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case.

Plaintiff was injured one evening when, upon exiting defendant restaurant’s take-out door with her two stacked boxes and bag, she fell down a concrete step leading to the asphalt pavement. She had walked up the step when she entered the premises through the same door. She filed suit against defendant alleging negligence, contending that the step was inadequate, the outside lighting was insufficient, the exit area was overcrowded…