Gearing v. Etowah Bank

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Charles Gearing appeals from the judgment entered in favor of Etowah Bank after a jury trial of his premises liability action arising from his fall on ice outside the bank’s entrance.

Viewed in favor of the jury’s verdict, the evidence was that Gearing was a regular customer of Etowah Bank, maintaining accounts *450there and financing his rental properties through the bank. During Christmas weekend of 1993, it snowed Christmas Day, then warmed up the next day. On Monday, December 27, 1993, the weather turned “real cold.” Gearing drove to the bank between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m.…