Mitchell v. Baker Motel of Dallas, Inc.

Maxeen Mitchell brought this suit against the Baker Hotel of Dallas to recover damages for injuries suffered when she slipped and fell in the hotel ballroom. The trial court rendered summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Baker Hotel, and the court of civil appeals affirmed. 523 S.W.2d 316.

The plaintiff’s cause of action is based upon her allegations and deposition testimony to the effect that the floor was slick; that it appeared to be waxed and slippery “more so than I would ordinarily expect from a hardwood floor”; that when she fell both feet slipped out from under her; that five…