Paddock v. Church of St. Barnabas, Woodlawn & McLean Heights, Inc.

Judgment in favor of plaintiffs unanimously reversed, on the law, and the complaint dismissed, with $50 costs to appellant. Absent from this record, although read most favorably to plaintiffs, is any evidence from which a jury could reasonably find negligent application of the wax, or that the floor became more slippery or otherwise dangerous, as a result of the wax being applied when the floor was dirty. “ The fact that a floor is slippery by reason of its smoothness or polish, in the absence of proof of negligent application of the wax or polish, does not give rise to a cause of action.…