Hagen v. McDonald's Corp.

VICTOR C. HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Rose Mary Hagen filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s Corporation (McDonald’s) seeking damages for injuries caused by a fall in a McDonald’s parking lot. McDonald’s sought dismissal from the suit claiming that it was not the proper defendant. The trial court agreed with McDonald’s and Hagen now appeals. She claims that dismissal was inappropriate because she submitted evidence sufficient to demonstrate that McDonald’s could be held liable under a theory of premises liability and McDonald’s did not rebut this claim with sufficient uncontroverted factual…