Garvin v. Bi-Lo, Inc.

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• providing a merchant owes a customer the duty to exercise ordinary care in maintaining its premises in a reasonably safe condition
• holding a plaintiff must prove \either (1) that the injury was caused by a specific act of the respondent which created the dangerous condition; or (2) that the respondent had actual or constructive knowledge of the dangerous condition and failed to remedy it\
• holding a plaintiff must prove \either (1) that the injury was caused by a specific act of the respondent which created the dangerous condition; or (2) that the respondent had actual or constructive knowledge of the dangerous condition and failed to remedy it\
• summary judgment is appropriate when it is clear there is no genuine issue of material fact and conclusions and inferences to be drawn from facts are undisputed
• \A merchant is not an insurer of the safety of his customer but owes only the duty of exercising ordinary care to keep the premises in reasonably safe condition.\
• “Summary judgment is appropriate when it is clear that there is no genuine issue of material fact and the conclusions and inferences to be drawn from the facts are undisputed.”

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McClanahan Ex Rel. Richland County Landowners & Taxpayers v. Richland County Council
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-07-15· cited 54×
• Nelson v. Piggly Wiggly Central, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2010-10-20· cited 26×
• Pringle v. SLR, INC. OF SUMMERTON
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2009-02-27· cited 15×
• Easterling v. Burger King Corp.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2016-05-18· cited 12×
• Kennedy v. Bedenbaugh
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-11-12· cited 11×
• Lynch v. Carolina Self Storage Centers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-03-26· cited 6×
• Shelton v. LS & K, INC.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2007-06-28· cited 2×
• Hill v. OSJ of Bloomfield, LLC
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-09-15· cited 1×
• Johnson v. Alexander
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-03-19· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Etheredge v. Richland School District One
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 54×
• Hunter v. Dixie Home Stores
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1957-12-11· cited 40×
• Anderson v. Racetrac Petroleum, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-08-29· cited 28×
• Felder Ex Rel. Estate of Felder v. K-Mart Corp.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-03-06· cited 26×
• Pennington v. Zayre Corp.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1969-02-04· cited 20×
• Cook v. Food Lion, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-08-11· cited 15×
• Denton v. Winn-Dixie Greenville, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1993-12-06· cited 14×
• Garvin v. Bi-Lo, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-10-18· cited 3×
• Chaslon v. Waldbaum, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-11-01· cited 3×

Other cases named Garvin v. Bi-Lo, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Garvin v. Bi-Lo, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-10-18· cited 3×