Atkinson v. Kirchoff Enterprises, Inc.

Appellant exited one of several doors to appellee’s store with the intention of walking down the sidewalk to the neighboring Sears store. The 8 to 10 foot wide sidewalk which fronted appellee’s store was abutted by a row of occupied parking spaces. Beyond the parking spaces was a well trafficked road. A 15-foot span of the sidewalk in between the door where appellant exited in the direction of the Sears store was littered sporadically with shelving and other building materials from a remodeling project in appellee’s store. Appellant decided “to pick” her way through the scattered building…