Sheriff v. HOSPITAL AUTH., HOUSTON CTY.

Blackburn, Judge.

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the Hospital Authority of Houston County, Georgia, d/b/a Houston Medical Center (Hospital) in a slip and fall case. OCGA § 9-11-56. Dorothy Sheriff was injured when she fell in the reception area of the Hospital’s emergency room. Sheriff claims the Hospital was negligent in failing to properly inspect and maintain the premises.

Sheriff had accompanied her mother to the Hospital emergency room. While the two waited, Sheriff sat approximately 12 feet away from, and directly in front of, the receptionist’s window. After…