White v. J. Weingarten, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"First, we noted that to avoid liability for injuries to a customer because of negligence in failing to discover an object or substance upon the floor which causes injury the storekeeper must make a preliminary or prima facie showing of a reasonably careful and thorough inspection where there was a potential danger to patrons. While the burden is on the plaintiff to show that such substance remained on the floor for a longer time than that in which it should have been discovered and removed, this burden on the plaintiff is subject to the requirement that the defendant first show in a preliminary way that the foreign substance was not discovered in spite of reasonably careful and frequent inspections."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gonzales v. Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc.