Summers v. Grant Park Baptist Church

An action was brought against the defendant church to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by a five-year-old girl, Julie Ann Summers, who fell into a light well at the church where she was attending Bible school. The jury returned a defendant’s verdict. The plaintiff appeals.

The trial court struck the two following charges of negligence:

“2. In maintaining and permitting a dangerous and unsafe condition upon the land in the nature of a concrete encased light-well at the south side of the church building in that no protective grating of any kind covered the opening.

“3. In failing to…