The theory proposed by plaintiff and accepted by the jury was that the injuries complained of were caused by defendants' negligent maintenance of the stairs, not by defendants' failure to mop up the liquid on the stairs upon which plaintiff slipped and fell. Accordingly, there was no need for plaintiff to prove that defendants had notice of the liquid on the stairs. Rather, it was sufficient that the evidence established that defendants should have foreseen the potential...
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