Legal Opinion
Clemente v. Carnicon-Puerto Rico Management Associates
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 14, 1995No. 94-1603PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Carmen Clemente brought an unsuccessful negligence suit against several defendants affiliated with La Concha, a resort hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1 She now appeals. After carefully considering her plaints, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 11, 1992, appellant, a citizen of New York, traveled to Puerto Rico. She registered as a guest at La Concha. At 10:30 that evening, while exiting the piano bar, appellant slipped on the second step of a small, carpeted stairway. Having neglected to use the handrail, she plummeted to the floor, posterior first,…
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