Nelson v. Novant Health Triad Region, L.L.C.

ELMORE, Judge.

Defendants appeal the denial of their motions for summary judgment and directed verdict in this personal injury slip-and-fall case. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $14,500.00. The evidence heard at trial tended to show that plaintiff was an employee of a company that copies medical records and was assigned to the Medical Records Department at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. It is undisputed that when plaintiff arrived at the hospital in the mornings, her normal path to the Hospital’s Medical Records Department took her down a basement hallway past the…