Court Opinion

ID: 9765871
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:22:53.97473+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:09:01.397328
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bell:
I dissent. Plaintiff (1) failed to prove actual or constructive notice of any defect, and (2) utterly failed to prove that the alleged defective condition was the proximate cause of her accident.
Furthermore, (3) where a person “slips” or falls in daytime into a plainly visible defect with nothing to obstruct her view except the packages she was carrying, she is guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. Conjecture by Court or jury as to the existence or non-existence of a shadow and its possible effect cannot amount to or be substituted for proof; *600and there was absolutely nothing in the evidence to absolve plaintiff from failure to see the defect even if it be assumed arguendo that there was a defect that caused her to fall.