Jessop v. Carmichael Management, Inc.

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

This is a slip and fall case in which the trial court granted summary judgment to the property owner. Because there is no evidence that the property owner had knowledge of the alleged defect superior to that of the tenant, we affirm the summary judgment ruling.

For over five years, Mark Jessop rented a basement apartment owned by Carmichael Management, Inc. Jessop also worked for a maintenance crew on the premises. On May 3, 2002, after working at another job, Jessop drank two beers and then returned to his apartment. He went down the concrete steps leading to the lone…