France v. St. Paul's Episcopal Church

By Judge Harry T. Taliaferro, III

This is a civil slip and fall premise liability case. The plaintiff Helen H. France brought this suit against the defendant St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and its Vestry and Trustees (collectively “St. Paul’s”) for injuries she sustained when she fell and broke her leg on August 28,2009, when she was leaving a funeral at St. Paul’s. On September 12,2013, the Court heard oral arguments on the defendants’ Motion for Leave to Amend their Answer to include charitable immunity as an affirmative defense and Motion for Summary Judgment to dismiss the case on a plea of…