Hoover v. McCloskey Builders

CARPENTER III, J.,

This motion comes before the court on defendant McCloskey’s motion for partial summary judgment (joined in by defendant Fleming Foods t/d/b/a Jubilee Foods). Briefs have been filed and reviewed by this court together with the relevant case law. Oral argument was held to a conclusion on February 11, 2000. We have reviewed the existing record and submissions. This matter is now ripe for disposition.

On December 31, 1997, plaintiff Sondra Hoover, slipped and fell on what she contends was an icy spot *500covered by snow in the parking lot of the original defendant Fleming Companies…