TAVAI v. WALMART STORES, INC.

No. 43099-1-II.

307 P.3d 811 (2013)

176 Wn. App. 122

Avrilirene TAVAI and Thomas Tavai, and their marital community, Appellants, v. WALMART STORES, INC., a Delaware entity doing business in the State of Washington with its corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

August 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Gene Meyers , Kenneth B. Gorton , Ron Meyers & Associates PLLC, Lacey, WA, L. Zoe Wild , MacColl Busch Sato PC, Lake Oswego, OR, for Appellant.

Donna M. Young , Lee Smart PS Inc., Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


QUINN-BRINTNALL, J.

¶ 1 In a slip-and-fall premises liability case, the plaintiff ordinarily must prove that the defendant had notice of the dangerous condition that caused the fall. Under the limited "self-service" exception to this requirement, notice need not be shown if the dangerous condition is continuous or foreseeably inherent in the nature of the defendant's business or mode of operation. The appellant here slipped on a wet floor in a Walmart store about...

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