Walters v. Mableton Wholesale Co.

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant brought suit against appellee for injuries sustained in a fall from a ramp maintained by appellee on its loading dock. In his complaint, appellant alleged that the configuration of the loading dock was unconventional because its floor did not conform to the standard height of trucks used by appellant’s employer and other standard trucking companies. To facilitate the use of wheeled carts in the unloading of goods, a portable metal ramp was used to bridge the gap between the dock and delivery trucks. Appellant contends that he was completing his delivery when he stepped…