Friel v. Boise City Housing Authority

McDEVITT, Chief Justice.

I

BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURE

The facts relevant to the defendant’s motion for summary judgment are not in dispute. On February 13, 1991, Bertha Friel (Friel) filed a complaint in district court claiming that Friel was injured when she slipped on ice and fell in a parking lot owned and maintained by the Boise City Housing Authority (BCHA). Friel’s companion, Mrs. Shirley Lemmons, advised the apartment complex’s resident manager of the accident, and the manager then called an ambulance. Friel’s son-in-law, Charles Yost (Yost), informed a BCHA supervisor that he believed that…