Cook v. Bay Area Renaissance Festival of Largo, Inc.

VILLANTI, Chief Judge.

Cynthia Cook appeals an order granting summary judgment in favor, of Bay Area Renaissance Festival. Because a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether Bay Area was exercising control of the area in which Cook was injured and because the foreseeability of the accident in this case was a jury question, we reverse.

Upon her arrival at a renaissance festival hosted by Bay Area, Cook was directed by festival volunteers to park in an overflow parking lot. There was an unpaved walkway on a patch of city-owned land between the festival grounds and this overflow lot.…