Slip and Fall

Slip and Fall
Plaintiff sustained injuries when the rubber tip of her right crutch slipped out from under her in the entryway of a restaurant. Plaintiff produced no evidence to contradict the restaurant manager’s testimony about use of applicable floor cleaning procedures and no evidence that the restaurant caused the floor mat to be placed improperly. District Court did not err in entering summary judgment dismissing the negligence claim because the evidence does not support the claims that the restaurant created a dangerous condition or had actual or constructive knowledge of such a condition. Spaude v. Chili’s of Minnesota, Inc., d/b/a Romano’s Macaroni Grill (Hennepin County)(unpublished). A05-483.

Slip and Fall
Where a bookstore customer slipped and fell on ice on the public sidewalk as she left the bookstore and witnesses could only speculate that the ice was caused by water melting off the building or awning, summary judgment on the issue of the owner/occupants’ duty to the customer based on an artificial condition was appropriate. There is insufficient evidence to show that the ice was caused by an artificial condition attributable to the abutting owner/occupants. Jones v. Evenstar Book Store, Inc. (Hennepin County). A05-863.