Stone v. Hebert

| .THOMAS C. WICKER, Jr., Judge Pro Tem.

Plaintiffs, Suzette Stone and her husband George Stone, filed this suit for damages sustained as a result of a fall. Mrs. Stone was visiting the home of her mother, defendant Lois Hebert, when she tripped and fell over an exposed pipe in the attic of defendant’s house. Plaintiffs named as defendants Ms. Hebert and State Farm Insurance Company, (Ms. Hebert’s home owner’s insurer). Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, which was granted by the trial court. This appeal followed.

A motion for summary judgment is properly granted if “the pleadings,…