Fuller v. TLC Property Management, LLC

Lindsay Fuller brought a tort claim for personal injury against TLC Property Management, LLC (“TLC”). Her claim arose out of her slip and fall in the parking lot of Orchard Park Apartments, where she leased an apartment. Fuller alleged in her petition that “[a]t all times relevant hereto, Orchard Park Apartments was managed by [TLC].” In its answer, TLC admitted that it was the property manager as Fuller alleged and asserted an affirmative defense that the tort claim was con*103tractually barred by paragraph 17 of the Lease Agreement Fuller had signed.1

TLC filed a motion for summary judgment…