Buck-Reed v. Sanford Plumbing, L.L.C.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5195

Syllabus

CIV.R. 56(C) — SUMMARY JUDGMENT — NEGLIGENCE — TRIP AND FALL — INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR: The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant plumbing contractor in a trip-and-fall case because plaintiff failed to show that defendant created or knew about the allegedly hazardous condition. Without knowledge of the risk, defendant did not have a duty to warn plaintiff of it or to correct it. Thus, construing all issues of fact in a light most favorable to plaintiff, plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case for negligence against defendant. Judgment affirmed.