Betty J. Hancock, Petitioner v. Mid-South Management Co., Inc., Respondent

Summary

The court reversed the court of appeals’ affirmance of summary judgment for Mid-South in Hancock’s premises-liability action. It held that, under the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard, a nonmoving party need submit only a scintilla of evidence to survive summary judgment, and that the evidence created genuine factual disputes concerning the parking lot’s dangerous condition and whether Mid-South should have anticipated harm despite the condition being open and obvious.