{"id":1067,"date":"2016-08-20T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:38:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:38:42","slug":"slipping-grocery-store-womans-premises-liability-case-fails-cannot-prove-long-hazard-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/slipping-grocery-store-womans-premises-liability-case-fails-cannot-prove-long-hazard-present\/","title":{"rendered":"After Slipping in Grocery Store, Woman\u2019s Premises Liability Case Fails Because She Cannot Prove How Long the Hazard Was Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/nebraska\/supreme-court\/2016\/s-15-682.html\" target=\"_blank\">case<\/a> in front of an appellate court,\u00a0a woman slipped on a piece of watermelon at a grocery store and then\u00a0sued the store for her injuries. About six feet away from where the woman had fallen, a man had been handing out samples of watermelon to customers. However, the woman did not know how long the watermelon had been on the floor, and there was no evidence that the watermelon was on the floor for any length of time. The woman argued that the store was negligent because it knew or should have known that the floor was wet and posed a danger to customers. She argued that handing out watermelon samples in a high-traffic location created a dangerous condition for customers.<\/p>\n<p>That state\u2019s supreme court granted a dismissal of the case. The court found that there was no evidence that the store created the dangerous condition through its employee&#8217;s distribution of the watermelons. It also found that the store did not have constructive knowledge of the dropped watermelon because there was no evidence of how long it was there. Finally, the court rejected the woman\u2019s argument that the state should adopt the mode-of-operation rule, which looks at a business\u2019 particular mode of operation in creating a dangerous condition, and under which\u00a0the plaintiff is not required to prove that the store had notice of the condition. Since\u00a0it rejected this approach, the case failed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mode of Operation Liability and the Illinois Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Generally, in slip-and-fall cases, a plaintiff must prove that the property owner knew or should have known about the dangerous condition that caused the injury. That means that the plaintiff must prove through some evidence that the store had actual knowledge of the condition or that it existed for long enough that the store had constructive knowledge, or should have known, of the condition.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/slipping-grocery-store-womans-premises-liability-case-fails-cannot-prove-long-hazard-present\/#more-1067\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent case in front of an appellate court,\u00a0a woman slipped on a piece of watermelon at a grocery store and then\u00a0sued the store for her injuries. About six feet away from where the woman had fallen, a man had been handing out samples of watermelon to customers. 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