Roy S. Lawrence, et al. v. HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc. d/b/a Summit Medical Center; and Holladay Property Services, Inc.

Case Number
M2007-01128-COA-R3-CV

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, filed this premises liability action for personal injuries sustained by the elderly husband who was injured when automatic doors at the entrance to a medical office building struck him causing him to fall. In the premises liability action that followed, Plaintiffs alleged that the major tenant of the office building and the property management company failed to exercise the required due care in the maintenance, inspection, and repair of the doors and/or to properly warn Plaintiffs of the dangers existing at the office building. The trial court summarily dismissed the claims against both defendants. We have determined the major tenant owed no duty to Plaintiffs and thus was entitled to summary judgment. We have also determined that the property management company did not create the alleged dangerous or defective condition, and it did not have actual or constructive knowledge that a dangerous or defective condition existed. Accordingly, we affirm.

Authoring Judge
Judge Frank G. Clement, Jr.
Originating Judge
Judge Barbara N. Haynes
Case Name
Roy S. Lawrence, et al. v. HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc. d/b/a Summit Medical Center; and Holladay Property Services, Inc.
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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