· 2/19/1951
Sain v. R. Abramson Co.
Citations
- 218 Ark. 415
- 236 S.W.2d 585
- 1951 Ark. LEXIS 351
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the trial court erred by granting summary judgment to a motel after the plaintiff fell on a wet spot on the floor because “[t]he evidence . . . did not establish a static condition readily discernible by the plaintiff.”
- slimy, dark, thick substance on hotel floor was not a static condition because there was no evidence that floor always appeared slimy or that person traversing area should have noticed substance
- “At its root, the issue ... is whether taking into account all the circumstances existing at the time and place of [the plaintiff’s] fall, [the plaintiff] exercised the prudence the ordinarily careful person would use in a like situation.”
- “At its root, the issue . . . is whether taking into account all the circumstances existing at the time and place of [the plaintiff’s] fall, [the plaintiff] exercised the prudence the ordinarily careful person would use in a like situation.”
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Judges: Smith
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