Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Reece

To prevail in a premises-liability case, an invitee must prove that the premises owner had actual or constructive knowledge of a dangerous condition on the premises. In this slip-and-fall case, we must decide whether evidence that the premises owner’s employee was in close proximity to the dangerous condition right before the plaintiff fell, without more, is legally sufficient to charge the premises owner with constructive notice. We hold that it is not, absent some evidence demonstrating that the condition existed long enough that the premises owner had a reasonable opportunity to discover…