Foltz v. Meinke

OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr. (Retired), Associate Judge.

Appellants suffered an adverse summary judgment in this slip-and-fall case which arose out of personal injuries sustained by Mr. Foltz when he fell on premises owned by appellee. Because we discerned in the record factual issues relating both to negligence and proximate cause, we reverse.

To say the least, this was not the ordinary slip-and-fall case. Mr. Foltz was gratuitously assisting his friend, the appellee, in reroofing the sloped portion of the latter’s two-story residence. They were in the process of removing a tarp which had been nailed…