Alger v. Brinson Ford, Inc.

People fall down. They are injured. Who pays?

The critical question in this appeal of a summary judgment is: What is it that the owner or occupier of the premises must know before the owner may be held liable for the injuries to an invitee onto the premises? This was the question that was the focus of a good portion of the oral arguments in this appeal. It was presented in the briefs. You would have expected the analysis of this issue to be the focal point of the opinion. But with a little slight of hand, the majority avoids analysis of the very issue this Court should analyze — what is it the…