Gentry v. Shop 'N Save Warehouse Foods, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the use of a floor mat in a store was reasonable when there was no evidence it was defective or in poor repair
• finding that “plaintiffs can avoid the notice requirement only if they establish that the mats were negligently placed on the floors by the agents of the Defendants, not merely by showing that they were placed by the agents of the Defendant”
• “The landowner must know of the condition or would have discovered the condition through the exercise of reasonable care.”
• because “the use of ordinary floor mats is reasonable” a plaintiff cannot prevail by “merely showing that she tripped on the mat”
• “Plaintiffs can avoid the notice requirement only if they can establish that the mats were negligently placed on the floors by the agents of the Defendant, not merely by showing that they were placed by the agents of the Defendant.”
• “The Plaintiffs can avoid the notice requirement only if they can establish that the mats were negligently placed on the floors by the agents of the Defendant, not merely by showing that they were placed by the agents of the Defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).