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· 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

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

  • 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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