Court Opinion

ID: 9517703
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:29:24.208927+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:07:10.720811
License: Public Domain

EBERSPACHER, J., dissenting. While I agree that Count I of the- complaint states a cause of action, I am of the opinion that neither Count II nor Count III state a cause of action. In those two Counts, I consider that plaintiff has failed to allege facts, sufficient to show that there was an unreasonably dangerous condition or defect in the shoes. Likewise in those Counts, plaintiff has failed to allege facts, sufficient to show that either the manufacturer or retailer knew or should have known that the shoes were going to be used when wet on an asphalt tile floor. Despite the liberal construction which pleadings are entitled, the Civil Practice Act still requires that facts, rather than conclusions of the pleader, be alleged to raise a duty, show a breach of duty, and a resulting injury. The fact that plaintiff fell while walking on asphalt tile when her shoes were wet, in my opinion, raises no presumption that there was either negligence, fault, or a duty to warn on the part of the manufacturer or seller of the shoes, in the absence of allegations of a representation that they were suitable for uses when wet on asphalt tile, or knowledge that the shoes were purchased for use when wet on asphalt tile.