McDevitt v. Sportsman's Warehouse, Inc.

W. JONES, Justice.

I. Nature of the Case

Eileen Ann McDevitt tripped and fell on a recessed irrigation box on the sidewalk outside Sportsman’s Warehouse (“Sportsman’s”), located in a shopping center in Twin Falls, Idaho. She brought suit against Sportsman’s and several other defendants to recover for her injuries. The district court granted summary judgment to Sportsman’s, finding that as a tenant in a multi-tenant shopping center, Sportsman’s owed no duty to invitees to keep the sidewalk that was not part of its leased premises reasonably safe or to warn of hazards. McDevitt appealed to this…