Hayes v. Bailey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that where there was no evidence of how long water had been on floor, “the trial judge was correct in directing a verdict for the defendant.”
• holding that, in a slip and fall case, “it is incumbent upon the plaintiff to establish that the foreign substance was on the floor long enough to constitute constructive notice to' the proprietor.”
• explaining that it is not proper to submit a case to a jury where a plaintiff slips if there is no evidence of how long a foreign substance was on the floor prior
• “[I]t is incumbent upon the plaintiff to establish that the foreign substance was on the floor long enough to constitute constructive notice to the proprietor.”
• “the time element to establish constructive notice is a material factor [citation] and it is incumbent upon the plaintiff to establish that the foreign substance was on the floor long enough to constitute constructive notice to the proprietor.”
• “the time element to establish constructive notice is a material factor [citation], and it is incumbent upon the plaintiff to establish that the foreign substance was on the floor long enough to constitute constructive notice to the proprietor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).