Bonawitt v. St. Vincent's Hospital

An owner in treating a floor may use wax or oil or other substance in the customary manner without incurring liability to one who slips and falls thereon, unless the owner is negligent in the materials he uses or in the manner of applying them. If a recovery is to be had something more müst appear than that the floor has had such treatment as is ordinarly applied in the care of floors.

While the circumstances in S. S. Kresge vs. Fader, 116 Oh St, 718, were not precisely similar to those in the case at bar, yet the principles announced seem,entirely applicable. In that case' water had been…