Associate Ryan Spitz Wins Summary Judgment in Slip and Fall Case

Associate Ryan Spitz secured summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case on behalf of the firm’s grocery chain client. The plaintiff alleged he slipped on a wet floor in the store’s bottle recycling room.

Ryan established a prima facie entitlement to summary judgment by demonstrating that the wet floor was an open and obvious condition that the plaintiff admitted observing before his fall, and that it was not inherently dangerous. Both the plaintiff and his sister testified that they saw the wet floor upon entering the room. The court agreed, holding that a wet floor that is readily observable through the reasonable use of one’s senses does not constitute a hazardous condition.

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