Opinion ID: 2607299
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Text: The facts are simple. On May 5, 1992, at about 11:00 a.m. on a sunny day, Mrs. Roper fell when she tripped over a small light fixture installed in the center of a sidewalk at Mercy Health Center. Mrs. Roper and her husband were walking back to their car, after her husband's visit to his doctor. The fixture over which Mrs. Roper fell was one of several, installed about twenty feet apart, along the centerline of the sidewalk. The fixtures were covered with hoods, the bottoms of which were about six inches above the surface of the sidewalk. Mercy's motion for summary judgment was based on its contention that Mercy had no obligation to warn plaintiff of, or guard against, obvious dangers. In her deposition, however, Mrs. Roper testified that, although she was paying attention to where she walked, she did not see the light fixture over which she fell. Mrs. Roper claimed that others were walking on the sidewalk ahead of her and this obscured her vision. Mrs. Roper also testified that the sun was in her eyes, and she was looking for her car when she fell, and that these conditions also prevented her from seeing the fixture.