Burroughs v. Mitchell County

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Randolph Burroughs slipped and fell while disposing of trash at a county sanitation facility, sustaining serious injuries. He sued two Mitchell County employees and the county itself, contending that the facility was improperly designed and built. He also sued Seminole Sanitation Services, Inc., the company that serviced the dumpsters, contending that it contributed to his injury because its employees had bent the facility’s landing and placed the dumpster several feet from the edge of the landing where he fell. All of the defendants moved for summary judgment, which…