Injured party needn’t say exactly what she slipped on to establish liability

In Robinson v. 1390709 Alberta Ltd. 2017 BCCA 175, an action involving a slip and fall at a restaurant, the British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of a restaurant holding that the restaurant failed to demonstrate that the trial judge committed any palpable and overriding error. The trial judge found the restaurant 100 per cent liable for the accident, finding that the customer gave credible, reliable evidence that there was a foreign item or substance on floor that created a potential hazard for customers, that restaurant's employee was not credible, that floor's colour and texture made it difficult to...

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