Barker v. Eagle Food Centers, Inc.

Plaintiff, Esther Barker, appeals the order of the circuit court of De Kalb County granting summary judgment to defendant, Eagle Food Centers, Inc. The issue on appeal is whether plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to establish that defendant’s actions were the proximate cause of her slip-and-fall injuries. We affirm.

Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that she slipped and fell in the produce department of one of defendant’s stores "due to the fact that [the floor] was wet.” Plaintiff alleged that the wet and slippery condition of the floor constituted a breach of defendant’s duty to…