Ex Parte Mountain Top Indoor Flea Market
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, a business invitee, was injured when she slipped and fell on loose gravel on the premises of the defendant Mountain Top Indoor Flea Market, Inc. She sued that defendant and others, alleging that they had caused her to fall and be injured. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the ground that the evidence showed, as a matter of law, that the plaintiff "had knowledge of the existence of the dangerous condition[,] if in fact the condition [was] dangerous, and . . . with appreciation of such danger . . . failed to exercise care for her own safety…
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