MAC International-Savannah Hotel, Inc. v. Hallman

Barnes, Judge.

The trial court denied a motion for summary judgment brought by the defendant hotel in this slip and fall case, and this court granted the hotel’s application for interlocutory appeal. The hotel argues that the trial court erred in denying its motion because the plaintiff failed to exercise ordinary care in traversing a static condition; assumed the risk of climbing the stairs she then fell on; and had equal knowledge of the stairs. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial court’s decision.

Doris and John Hallman came to Savannah around 2:00 p.m. in September 1998 with a…