Armes v. Thompson

OPINION

RICK STRANGE, Justice.

This is a survival action alleging a premises liability claim. The trial court dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction finding that the plaintiff lacked standing. We affirm.

Background Facts

On August 30, 2002, Mattie Armes tripped and fell over a concrete parking stop outside the Bingo Barn, a business owned by Jess and Peggy Thompson d/b/a J & P Enterprises (appellees). She died almost two years later on July 18, 2004, from an unrelated illness. On August 27, 2004, a lawsuit was filed in Armes’s name against the appellees. The petition did not indicate that…