Kelly v. Regency Centers Corp. ex rel. Registered Agent Corp. Service Co.

HUNTER, Jr., ROBERT N., Judge.

John Walter Kelly, as Administrator of the Estate of Ethel Faye Ingram (“plaintiff’), appeals an order granting summary judgment to Regency Centers Corporation (“defendant”) based on its defense of contributory negligence arising from Ethel Faye Ingram’s (“Ms. Ingram”) trip and fall in the parking lot of Cameron Village in Raleigh, North Carolina. After review of the record, we affirm.

I. FACTS

At the time of her injury on 26 March 2006, Ms. Ingram was 52 years old and since 1993 had lived with John Walter Kelly, her companion and the administrator of her estate.…