Laura Ann Penney

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  FLB Law
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Rep Matters: Summary Judgment obtained in Favor of a Large Supermarket Chain
  Joshua Auxier
  Laura Penney recently obtained summary judgment for a major regional supermarket chain in a premises liability matter. The plaintiff claimed to have sustained injuries after slipping
  falling on a slippery, over-waxed floor. The plaintiff testified that she did not see or feel any liquid or foreign substance on the floor,
  that she merely observed a particular area of the floor that was super shiny or glossy . Relying on Connecticut Supreme Court cases,
  the evidence, Attorneys Auxier
  Penney argued that a super shiny floor, in
  of itself, is not a specific defect. The court agreed that the record was devoid of any facts that would support an inference of over-waxing to remove it from mere speculation or conjecture
  that, even if there was evidence of over-waxing, there was no evidence that the supermarket had actual or constructive notice of it.