Case Name: Roberta PARRISH and George Parrish, her husband, Appellants, v. Walter MATTHEWS and Delores Matthews, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-08-08
Citations: 548 So. 2d 725
Docket Number: No. 88-3063
Parties: Roberta PARRISH and George Parrish, her husband, Appellants, v. Walter MATTHEWS and Delores Matthews, Appellees.
Judges: Before FERGUSON, COPE and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 548
Pages: 725–725

Head Matter:
Roberta PARRISH and George Parrish, her husband, Appellants, v. Walter MATTHEWS and Delores Matthews, Appellees.
No. 88-3063.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 8, 1989.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 9, 1989.
Jack H. Cohen, Miami, for appellants.
Nelson & Tacher and David L. Willing, Miami, for appellees.
Before FERGUSON, COPE and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellants, who were plaintiffs below, appeal an adverse summary judgment. Plaintiff Roberta Parrish performed domestic services in the home of appellees. While ascending a staircase within the house, plaintiff slipped on a piece of wrapping paper which had been left on the stairs. She brought suit for injuries sustained when she fell, and her husband made a claim for loss of consortium. When, as here, the injury occurred as a result of a condition the plaintiff was engaged to correct, summary judgment was properly entered for defendants. McCarty v. Dade Division of American Hospital Supply, 360 So.2d 436 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); see also Storr v. Proctor, 490 So.2d 135, 136 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied (Fla.1986); Crawford v. Miller, 542 So.2d 1050 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989). The cases relied on by plaintiffs are not on point. See Westberry v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 191 So.2d 613 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966) (grocery store stockroom employees failed to clean up vegetable debris across which plaintiff had to cross); Beebe v. Kaplan, 177 So.2d 869 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965) (employer homeowner told employee to hurry across poorly lit patio at night).
Affirmed.