Can a company maintain a standard of perfection and maintain a perfectly dry floor?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Zary v. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2015 BCSC 1145 (CanLII):
CMHC cites Cooper v. Spectra Food Corp., [1998] B.C.J. No. 2297 [Cooper] which involved a slip and fall by the plaintiff near to the front entrance of a restaurant. Madam Justice Loo made the following observation at para. 38, which is relied on by CMHC: … It would be unreasonable for the defendant to achieve a standard of perfection and maintain a perfectly dry floor, particularly near the entrance of a restaurant in a city which is known for its rainfall.
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