AC41818 - Cyr v. VKB, LLC ("The plaintiff, Cynthia Cyr, appeals from the
summary judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendants, VKB,
LLC (VKB), Shady Oaks Assisted Living, LLC (Shady Oaks Assisted Living), Shady
Oaks Rest Home, Inc. (Shady Oaks Rest Home), Vernon W. Belanger, and Kay F.
Belanger. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly rendered summary
judgment in favor of the defendants on all counts of her amended complaint when
it (1) failed to require the defendants, as the movants for summary judgment, first
to establish that there was no genuine issue as to any material fact, (2)
determined that the defendants' alleged affirmative acts did not create the
defect in the sidewalk, and (3) purportedly determined, as a matter of law,
that a business owner that invites individuals to enter and exit its property
at a particular location owes no duty to ensure that such location is
reasonably safe. We affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment of the
trial court.")