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Client Asked to Use Delivery Entrance with a Door Above Ground Level – Fall – Injury – Quantum

November 2017 Donati Maisonneuve,

Gendron v. Équipements Yves Landry Inc., 2017 QCCQ 2563

Claude Gendron (“Gendron”) claimed $15,000 from Équipements Yves Landry Inc. (“Équipements”) for damages after falling in the company’s warehouse.

The Facts

On May 29, 2013, Gendron went to Équipements to make a purchase. During this visit, an Équipements employee led Gendron to the back of the warehouse and asked him to enter through the delivery door. This door was above ground level.