Chiara v. Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• acknowledging plaintiff has burden of proof in slip-and-fall cases governed by “mode-of-operation” rule, just as in any other negligence case; rule simply alters elements required to prove case
• applying the mode-of- 23 operation rule when the plaintiff slipped on cream rinse in a grocery store and two 24 employees testified that spills occurred regularly
• acknowledging plaintiff has burden of proof in slip-and-fall cases governed by “mode-of-operation” rule, just as in any other negligence case; rule simply alters elements required to prove case
• \person injured in a supermarket will rarely be able to trace the origins of the accident\
• mode of operation rule potentially applicable to plaintiff's slip and fall on spilled crème rinse when defendant \reasonably could have anticipated that sealed bottles regularly were opened and spilled\
• mode of operation rule potentially applicable to plaintiffs slip and fall on spilled creme rinse when defendant “reasonably could have anticipated that sealed bottles regularly were opened and spilled”

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