Filmore v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority

Benham, Judge.

After waiting 30 minutes for an elevator at Grady Memorial Hospital, appellant Filmore elected to use the stairs to reach the hospital’s street level floor. He entered the stairwell and, as he started down the stairs, he slipped and fell down two flights of stairs. Unbeknownst to him, appellant had placed his right foot in a clear liquid substance which caused him to slip and fall. He brings this appeal from the grant of summary judgment to appellee hospital authority. We affirm.

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