Martin v. Dunwoody-Shallowford Partners, L. P.

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• by operating a sprinkler system on the premises in freezing weather, proprietor had at least constructive knowledge of “black ice” on which plaintiff slipped
• hazard created by sprinkler use in freezing weather; parking lot owner had constructive knowledge of serious hazard that would continue to be created so long as its sprinklers continued to operate in freezing temperatures
• hazard created by sprinkler use in freezing weather; parking lot owner had constructive knowledge of serious hazard that would continue to be created so long as its sprinklers continued to operate in freezing temperatures
• “In cases where this [prior-traversal presumption] rule has been applied . . . the defect causing the fall invariably has been a static condition readily discernible to a person exercising reasonable care for his own safety, a factual circumstance not necessarily present in this case.”

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