Legal Opinion
Gourdi v. Berkelo
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 1996No. 23778PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKINNON, Justice.
[1] Tamara Gourdi was working as a waitress for a J.B.’s Big Boy Family Restaurant (“J.B.’s”) in Albuquerque when she slipped in liquid and fell on the restaurant floor, the presence of the liquid being caused by a drainage backup on the premises. J.B.’s leased the premises from the Robert S. Berkelo and Sharon B. Berkelo 1983 Trusts (“the owner”). Gourdi and her husband sued the owner for damages, alleging that it negligently failed to construct and maintain the drainage pipe which had backed up, thereby causing her injuries. We granted the owner’s petition for…
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