Bowman v. Tippmann Enterprises

OPINION

DARDEN, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Chester E. Bowman appeals the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of Wells Fargo Bank.

We affirm.

*1173 ISSUE

Whether Wells Fargo Bank owed a duty to Bowman to clear ice and snow from the sidewalk adjacent to its property.

FACTS

At approximately 12:00 p.m. on February 6, 2004, Bowman was walking on a sidewalk in downtown Fort Wayne, when he slipped on snow and ice that had accumulated where the sidewalk intersected with the entrance into the drive-through lanes of a branch of Wells Fargo Bank. Bowman fell, fracturing his left femur.

On February 6,…