In this premises liability action, plaintiff Shalanda Dixon appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Infinity Broadcasting East, Inc. “Infinity”. While the parties below focused on Dixon’s alleged assumption of the risk of participating in a jump-rope contest, we need not reach that question. Dixon’s allegations of premises liability are inapplicable to the only party against whom she has appealed, a mere licensee with no control over the condition of the premises. Moreover, she failed to show superior knowledge of an alleged hazard on the part of Infinity. We therefore affirm the trial court’s grant of Infinity’s motion for summary judgment. Dixon attended a conference on the premises of defendant Georgia World Congress Center GWCC. The conference was sponsored by radio stations WAOK and WVEE, owned by Infinity. Because Dixon was planning to attend church afterwards, she was wearing a suit and dress shoes with a one-inch heel. During the conference, a “double-Dutch” jump-rope contest was held on the stage. Dixon had jumped double-Dutch most of her life, at least a hundred times. After observing the contest for “about 20 minutes,” Dixon stood in line behind “10 or 11″ people to participate. She stated that she jumped rope for “between four and five times” before her foot caught in an “indention” of the stage, twisting her foot. Dixon looked at the stage more carefully after her fall and noticed that it was “not even.” She also testified that her foot caught in a “metal strip” between the sections of the stage.
Dixon brought this action against GWCC and an unknown “John Doe Corporation,” alleging that an irregularity in the stage floor caused her to trip and fall. Dixon later substituted Infinity as a defendant, alleging that it conducted the double-Dutch contest and failed to inspect the stage for defects, correct the defects, or warn her of them. Both the World Congress Center and Infinity moved for summary judgment, and the trial court granted both motions. Dixon appeals the judgment in favor of Infinity only.
