Smith v. Bel-Arbor, Inc.

Jordan, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff, a private duty nurse in a nursing home operated by the defendant, knowing that the hallway was wet from recent mopping, and having warned a visitor of the condition, slipped and fell in a hallway while carrying a lunch tray from her patient’s room to a food cart. She seeks damages for her injuries, and appeals from the grant of a summary judgment for the defendant. Held:

We affirm. The plaintiff was well aware of the hazardous situation in the hallway, and the foreseeable consequences of walking thereon. She left her patient’s room at the same time as a…