In this slip-and-fall case, we granted the petition for interlocutory appeal filed by Braswell Collins, Jr. from the denial of his motion for summary judgment. Because we agree with the trial court that factual issues exist as to whether Collins created or allowed an unreasonable risk of danger on his property, we affirm. The facts of this case are largely undisputed. During a telephone conversation on the evening of January 18, 2003, Collins and plaintiff Rhenda Glover mutually decided that Glover would visit Collins at his home. Collins was aware that the temperature was below freezing. Approximately two months earlier, Collins had broken an outdoor faucet at his home, causing a leak. Although he had attempted to repair the faucet, a slight leak persisted.
A short time after their telephone conversation, Glover arrived, and as she had done on several previous occasions, she attempted to enter Collins’s house through the door in his carport. Glover banged on the door and rang the doorbell. Collins did not respond. Glover assumed that Collins was using the computer in his bedroom, and she decided to knock on a set of French doors in the back nearer that bedroom. She testified during her deposition that she had “been back that way before to get his attention,” and Collins testified that Glover had once previously tapped on his bedroom window when he was working on his computer. The night was cold and dry. Glover proceeded toward the backyard, and when she had walked approximately four or five feet from the carport, she fell. She alleged in her complaint that she slipped on ice that had accumulated in the area. Glover tried to stand but fell again. She broke a wrist and an ankle. Collins acknowledged during his deposition that it “would be likely” that “whatever ice” Glover fell on was caused by “water coming from that faucet.”