Wilson v. Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, Inc.

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Falanda Wilson slipped, fell, and was injured while visiting a patient at Baptist Memorial Hospital (BMH) in Oxford, Mississippi. BMH sought summary judgment contending that Wilson was a licensee, rather than an invitee, and that it did not owe her a duty of care to keep its premises reasonably safe. The trial court granted the motion. We hold that a hospital visitor is an invitee, and we reverse the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of BMH.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

¶ 2. We review a trial court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Treasure Bay Corp. v.…