WALKER, DADE & CATOOSA COUNTIES HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. Clark

Cooper, Judge.

While visiting a patient at the Hutcheson Medical Center, appellee slipped and fell on a wheelchair ramp in the sidewalk outside the hospital. The ramp was painted bright yellow and sloped about four inches into a parking lot paved with black asphalt. At the time of appellee’s fall, the sidewalk was wet from a recent rain. Appellee testified in her deposition that she moved over on the sidewalk to allow room for an approaching person, and when she hit the yellow paint it was “slick as glass” and “threw” her. She sought damages against appellant, d/b/a the Hutcheson Medical…