SHOPPER TRIPS, SUPERMARKET SLIPS In awarding damages recently to a shopper who was injured when she tripped over something on a supermarket floor (possibly a protruding floor tile, although the supermarket claimed that she had rather slipped on something unidentified lying on the floor), the High Court made the following observations, which supermarkets would do well to take note of: - ".........where accidents such as this one occur, it seems that any obstacle that was on the floor over which the plaintiff may have tripped, is an obstacle which should not have been there." ".........it is strongly suggestive of negligence and unlawfulness if supermarkets allow obstacles to be on the floor, which should not be there and which cause persons to have accidents." Recent Articles for March 2010; Shopper trips, supermarket slips Source: www.dotnews.co.za

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