Brown v. Host/Taco Joint Venture

How courts have described this case

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• finding that a slip-and-fall plaintiff could not establish constructive knowledge where the plaintiff admitted “that the grease spot on the floor was not easily visible to him prior to the fall”
• finding a slip-and-fall plaintiff did not establish constructive knowledge when the plaintiff admitted “the grease spot was not obvious until after he had fallen”
• manager inspected the dining area floor fifteen minutes before the fall and saw that the floor “was clean and dry at that time”
• “Brown’s claim that the grease spot could be seen after his fall fails to address the pertinent inquiry as to whether the grease spot was easily visible before the fall.”
• “To the extent that the proof necessary for determination of the issues on appeal has been omitted from the record, we must assume that the judgment below was correct and affirm.”
• “[A] proprietor has a duty to inspect the premises to discover possible dangerous conditions and to take reasonable precautions to protect the invitee from foreseeable dangers on the premises . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).