Patterson v. First Assembly of God

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Kathy S. Patterson and Carl A. Patterson appeal the grant of summary judgment to First Assembly of God of Tifton in their suit for damages arising from Mrs. Patterson’s fall on a ramp on church school premises. The ramp was made of slightly graduated wooden stairs. Mrs. Patterson had taken her daughter up the ramp to the “Ark” for school, and was descending the ramp when her right foot slipped on the wet wood, causing her to break her left foot in several places.

Appellants contend Mrs. Patterson had no actual or constructive knowledge of the specific defective…