Calvert v. House Beautiful Paint and Decorating Center, Inc.

Chandler, Acting Chief Justice:

We granted a writ a certiorari to review the Court of Appeals memorandum decision in this slip and fall case. We reverse.

FACTS

Petitioner (House Beautiful) operates a small retail paint store that has only three aisles. Respondent (Calvert) was a customer in the store when he slipped and fell on a slick substance in the paint base aisle. The record indicates the following facts.

Victor Carilli, the store owner, opened the store about an hour and a half before Calvert’s fall. Only one or two customers came into the store that morning. It was Carilli’s habit to make…