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· 5/27/1908

Louisville R. v. Ellerhorst

Citations

  • 129 Ky. 142
  • 110 S.W. 823
  • 1908 Ky. LEXIS 146

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that a plaintiff had come forward with “overwhelming” evidence from which a jury could find constructive knowledge of slippery conditions on a dance floor including testimony from several witnesses regarding rainy conditions
  • denying summary judgment “where defendants were aware of weather conditions and other factors that led to the alleged wet and slippery dance floor”
  • “[N]o one questions that [COVID-19] poses a 22 substantial risk of serious harm” to prisoners.
  • “[E]vidence regarding ‘the size or nature of the spill is not a substitute for “time on the floor” evidence.’”
  • plaintiff’s testimony that prior to her own fall on an allegedly wet dance floor another person fell on the floor was insufficient to show defendant knew of the condition

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Judges: Hobson

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