Legal Opinion
Smith v. Federal Cleaning Contractors Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 2005No. 04-60642UnpublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Plaintiff-Appellant Ruby C. Smith filed this action seeking damages from Defendant-Appellee Federal Cleaning Contractors, Inc. for a trip-and-fall accident. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Federal, and Smith now appeals. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
On December 1, 2001, Ruby C. Smith and her daughter traveled to the North-park Mall in Ridgeland, Mississippi. They walked up to the mall entrance at approximately 8:50 a.m., a few minutes before the mall opened. As they approached the entrance, Smith…
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