113 N.C. App. 362 - Crane v. Caldwell’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “[P]laintiff testified that he did not know that the steps were wet and slippery. Although there was evidence that it had rained earlier in the day, there was also evidence that this rainfall had evaporated and that the steps were wet due to defendant's prior use of a lawn sprinkler. Plaintiff was unaware of the stairway's wet condition which, according to his testimony, was not discernable upon visual inspection. Plaintiff testified that he had used the steps on several prior occasions, yet there was no evidence that he had used the steps at night or when they were wet.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 747 - Rash v. Waterway Landing Homeowners Ass'n, Inc.

2. “[K]eep the aisles and passageways of [its] store, where customers are expected to go, in a reasonably safe condition so as not to expose customers unnecessarily to danger, and to give warning of hidden dangers and unsafe conditions of which [it] knows or, in the exercise of reasonable supervision and inspection, should know.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 128 N.C. App. 282 - Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

3. “is one who enters onto another's premises with the possessor's permission, express or implied, solely for his own purposes rather than the possessor's benefit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nelson v. Freeland