Richardson v. Topliss

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• “[G]uesses or speculation which raise merely a conjecture or possibility are not 5 sufficient to create even an inference of fact for consideration on summary judgment.”
• true ground of liability is defendant’s superior knowledge of the hazardous condition
• as a matter of law, a contractor hired to replace a bathtub and 12 damaged subfloor in an apartment had equal knowledge of the hazardous conditions of the exposed floor joists, which broke as she was standing on them after observing their hazardous condition

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).