Skipper v. Shannon, Strobel & Weaver, Inc.

ALMON, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Patricia Ann Skipper (“Skipper”) and Gerald Wade Skipper, wife and husband, appeal from a summary judgment for the defendants, Shannon, Strobel & Weaver, Inc. (“Shannon”), and McCarter Brothers Flooring (“McCarter”).1 The issues are whether Skipper presented substantial evidence that the defendants had negligently or wantonly allowed the floor on which she tripped to remain in a defective condition and whether the defendants established as a matter of law that Skipper was contributorily negligent or that she assumed the risk.

Skipper fell when she tripped over a…