Pulley v. Rex Hospital

BECTON, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether summary judgment on plaintiff’s personal injury claim was properly entered in favor of defendant Rex Hospital. We hold that it was.

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The following facts are taken from the parties’ pleadings, affidavits, and depositions.

At about 10:00 p.m. on 15 July 1984, plaintiff, Janie Pulley, a visitor at Rex Hospital, tripped and fell on the sidewalk outside the hospital’s emergency room entrance. The fall occurred on an uneven part of the sidewalk where two sections of the sidewalk joined. One of the sections was, according to Ms. Pulley,…