Lopez

BACKGROUND

I. Lopez Trips and Falls1

In the evening, on April 20, 2016, Lopez and her nine-year- old grandson walked from her home to a convenience store on Mission Drive in the City. They walked on the same side of the street as her home. On the way there, they passed over the sidewalk panel where Lopez would later trip and fall, on the walk from the store to her daughter’s home, the same evening. After purchasing a gallon of milk at the convenience store, Lopez and her grandson began the walk to her daughter’s home, along the same route they had taken from Lopez’s home to the store. Lopez had walked this route “several times” before, but it had been a “very long time” since she had done so. Lopez tripped and fell at around 9:15 p.m., during the walk to her daughter’s home. “It was a clear night,” with no clouds or fog. When asked during her deposition if there were street lights, she responded: “Yes. But as you are walking, they turn on or off. Most of the time the lights are off.” She also stated that when the street lights turn off, “they remain off for a long time.” Lopez did not expressly state whether the street lights were on or off at

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