Joe Enterprise, LLC v. Kane

Branch, Judge.

Moments after plaintiff Janet Kane left an IHOP restaurant, she fell on a ramp leading from the sidewalk in front of the restaurant into its parking lot. Kane later brought this negligence action against Joe Enterprise, LLC, the owner of the restaurant. On this appeal, Joe Enterprise argues that the trial court erred when it denied Joe Enterprise’s motion for summary judgment because Kane successfully negotiated the same ramp shortly before her fall and because any hazard posed by the ramp was open and obvious. We agree and reverse.

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