Hlavaty v. Song

CAMERON, Justice.

This is a petition for review of an opinion and decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the trial court’s directed verdict in favor of the defendant restaurant owner in a “slip and fall” case.

We are called upon to determine:

1. whether there was sufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the defendant to require that the matter be submitted to the jury for decision, and

2. the admissibility of the absence of similar accidents.

Viewing the facts in a light most favorable to the party against whom the directed verdict was granted, Tanner v. Levie, 105 Ariz. 149, 460…