Majewski v. Cantrell

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant, Helen Majewski, owned a building that she leased to appellee, Frank B. Henslee, who used the building to operate a take-out seafood business and a catfish restaurant. On October 19, 1983, appellee, Leona Cantrell, an employee of Henslee, injured her back by slipping and falling on a wet spot on the restaurant kitchen floor. In December 1984, Cantrell sued Majewski, alleging the wet, slippery floor was caused by rainwater that entered through the building’s roof, which Majewski negligently failed to repair. Majewski answered, denying liability, and moved for…