She challenges the district court's grant of summary judgment to respondents Minnesota State Agricultural Society, d.b.a. We find that the district court erred by determining that the puddle on the coliseum stairs that caused appellant's fall was open and obvious as a matter of law. But, because the passage of 30 minutes did not give respondents constructive notice of the puddle, we hold that the district court properly granted summary judgment and affirm. Respondent State Fair is a public corporation as defined in Minn. The horse show, held in a coliseum on the fairgrounds, features over 80 events.
Stairs run along both sides of the section.
Your choice was either to walk through it or climb over seats to get over it. Appellant testified that a liquid covered the entire step, she did not know what it was, and it was not there when she ascended the stairs half an hour earlier. No evidence suggested that others had walked through the puddle. Appellant fractured her elbow in the fall. According to the licensing agreement between U of M and State Fair, State Fair, and not the 4-H staff and volunteers, provided janitorial services in the coliseum.