Court Opinion

ID: 9581272
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:13:14.123108+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:49.187959
License: Public Domain

Neely, Chief Justice,

dissenting:

I dissent because I find contributory negligence as a matter of law. The effect of this case is to make the mall operator an insurer against all accidents which occur on his premises. The plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law because she was aware of the snow and should have known that during the winter it is impossible to remove all icy conditions. Had she slipped on ice in the middle of July she would not have been guilty of contributory negligence. In July the plaintiff would not have been “bound to be continuously looking under penalty that if [she] fails to do so and is injured [her] own negligence will defeat recovery of damages sustained.”