Harris v. FOOD EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST

This appeal presents one question: Did the trial court err in entering summary judgment in this negligence action on the ground that the plaintiff/workman assumed the risk of injury when he slipped on ice he admittedly knew was on the floor of a walk-in cooler-freezer he was repairing at the time?

FACTS

The evidence presented on the summary judgment motion tended to show the following: Plaintiff Charles Ray Harris, while employed by Vollrath Refrigeration, Inc. (hereinafter "Vollrath"), went to Selma Street Elementary School, located in Dothan, to inspect a walk-in cooler-freezer unit situated…