MEI CHIU, et al. v. HARBOR EAST PARCEL C-COMMERCIAL LLC, et al.

Daily Record Staff//July 15, 2019//

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Torts — Slip and fall — Assumption of risk

Appellants Mei Chiu and Tom Chiu filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against Harbor East Parcel C-Commercial, LLC (“Harbor East”), Hitt Contracting, Inc. (“Hitt”), and Solo Furniture Installer & Liquidators, Inc. (“Solo”), appellees, for injuries she received after a fall that occurred on February 8, 2013. 1 On May 17, 2017, the circuit court issued an Order granting the motions for summary judgment filed by appellees on the ground that Mrs. Chiu assumed the risk.

On appeal, appellants present the following question for this Court’s review, which we have rephrased slightly, as follows: Did the circuit court err in granting appellees’ motions for summary judgment on the ground on assumption of risk?

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