Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Mountain Top Indoor Flea Market

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 2, 1997No. 1951624PublishedCited by 52 opinions

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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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of FloridaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. Bass v. SOUTHTRUST BANK OF BALDWIN CTY.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  3. Hanners v. Balfour Guthrie, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  4. Bussey v. John Deere Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  5. Wilson v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Kmart Corp. v. BassettSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  2. Jones Food Co., Inc. v. ShipmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
  3. Dolgencorp, Inc. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 2009
  4. Ex Parte KraatzSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  5. Edwards v. Intergraph Services Co., Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2008

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