Barker v. Eagle Food Centers, Inc.

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• holding that no genuine issue of material fact No. 23-2213 7 existed where plaintiff fell on a grocery store floor that was ordinarily wet but presented no evidence that it was wet when she fell
• “Proximate cause can only be established when there is a reasonable certainty that defendant's acts caused the injury.”
• statements made by a person with an interest in the well-being of a patient are reliable
• “[Plaintiff] further testified that she did not notice water on the floor before or after she fell. She... did not notice whether her clothes were wet after she fell.” (emphasis added)
• summary judgment granted where plaintiff claimed she fell on a wet floor but failed to notice whether there was water on the floor before or after her fall or whether her clothes were wet after she fell
• summary judgment granted where plaintiff claimed she fell on a wet floor, but failed to notice whether there was water on the floor before or after her fall or whether her clothes were wet after she fell

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