VALANCE v. VI-DOUG, INC.

No. 00-316.

50 P.3d 697 (2002)

2002 WY 113

Catherine A. VALANCE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeanne V. Miles, deceased, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. VI-DOUG, INCORPORATED, a Wyoming corporation, d/b/a Village Inn Restaurant, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cameron S. Walker of Schwartz, Bon, Walker & Studer, LLC, Casper, WY, Representing Appellant.

Peter S. Dusbabek and Steven G. Greenlee of Montgomery, Kolodny, Amatuzio, Dusbabek & Parker, L.L.P., Fort Collins, CO, Representing Appellee.

Before HILL, C.J.; GOLDEN, LEHMAN, and KITE, JJ.; and DAN SPANGLER, D.J. (Ret.).


KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Jeanne Miles, age seventy-five, was opening the front door of a restaurant when the wind forcefully caught the door. A sign posted on the door instructed: "Please Hold Door Tight Due to Wind." Mrs. Miles claimed she did what the sign instructed her to do. The force of the wind on the door caused her to fall onto the concrete walkway, breaking her hip. In her personal injury action against VI-Doug...

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