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Dec. 23, 2024

Taking notice: Premises liability requires support

The California Court of Appeals upheld a summary judgment in favor of a shopping center and its janitorial service, ruling that their regular inspections, including one just 8-9 minutes before the incident, were sufficient to meet their duty of care and there was no evidence of notice of the hazard.

Andrew O. Smith

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On Dec. 31, 2017, Grace Gonzalez slipped and fell when she stepped on oranges on the floor of the common walkway of the Ontario Mills Shopping Center. Two years later, she filed a slip and fall lawsuit against the shopping center and the janitorial service responsible for cleaning the premises. The trial court granted summary judgment as to both defendants, and Gonzalez appealed.

On Oct. 25, a California Court of Appeals upheld the trial court's decision...

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