McCombs v. Bruno's, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]here is a duty upon all storekeepers to exercise reasonable care in providing and maintaining a reasonably safe premises for the use of their customers.”
• evidence that substance had been on the floor for “15 minutes or more” and that the store had been notified about the spill held sufficient
• fact that individuals were wearing “store smocks” indicated they were employees of defendant
• “The rule of law for cases such as this is that there is a duty upon all storekeepers to exercise reasonable care in providing and maintaining a reasonably safe premises for the use of their customers.”
• “The rule of law for cases such as this is that there is a duty upon all storekeepers to exercise reasonable care in providing and maintaining a reasonably safe premises for the use of their customers.”
• evidence that substance had been on the floor for “15 minutes or more” “creat[ed] a question of fact as to whether [the store] had notice of the spill before the plaintiff’s fall, and if so, how much notice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).