Jones v. Exxon Corp.

CRAWFORD, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

This is a premises liability case. Plaintiffs, Emma Jones and Edward Jones, appeal from the order of the trial court granting defendant Exxon Corporation’s motion for summary judgment.

The material facts are undisputed. After leaving work on December 17, 1991, Emma Jones stopped to purchase gas at the Exxon station at 186 Danny Thomas Boulevard in Memphis. Mrs. Jones parked at a concrete pumping island, got out of her vehicle and walked toward the Exxon shop to pay for her gasoline prior to pumping it. When she stepped out of her vehicle, she noticed…