Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Taylor
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided January 17, 1989No. 17002PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISTLINE, Justice.
This is a trip and fall case. The Harri-sons brought a negligence action against the owner and lessor of a building for injuries sustained from a fall when her shoe allegedly caught the lip of a hole in a private sidewalk. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the basis that the hole was an open and obvious danger.
On August 14,1985, at about noon, plaintiff Norma Harrison and her husband made a business visit to Gloria’s House in Bloom, operated by defendant Gloria Struchen, in order to pickup a floral arrangement. The sidewalks were dry that day.…
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