Paradiso v. Kroger Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that mere proof of the defect was not in itself sufficient to warrant or establish constructive notice on part of defendant proprietor
• upholding the grant of summary judgment when there was insufficient evidence concerning the length of time the dangerous condition was present
• on constructive notice, considering nature of the business, its size, location, and number of patrons
• “[C]onstructive notice requires some material competent evidence from which it can be logically inferred the proprietor, by the exercise of ordinary care, would have or should have discovered the dangerous condition.”
• affirming trial court’s directed verdict in favor of defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).