BERTRAND v. ALAN FORD, INC.

Docket Nos. 96603, 98108, (Calendar Nos. 1-2).

449 Mich. 606 (1995)

537 N.W.2d 185

BERTRAND v. ALAN FORD, INC. MAURER v. OAKLAND COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Lewis, P.C. (by David M. Lawson and Margaret C. Alli), for plaintiffs Bertrand.

Lakin, Worsham & Victor, P.C. (by Larry A. Smith), for plaintiffs Maurer.

Beier, Howlett (by Robert G. Waddell) and Bell & Hertler, P.C., of counsel (by John W. Bell), for defendant Alan Ford, Inc.

Vandeveer, Garzia (by John J. Lynch and David B. Timmis) for defendant Oakland County Parks and Recreation Department.


AFTER REMAND

CAVANAGH, J.

These two premises liability cases present the issue of the scope of the duty owed by an owner or occupier of land to its business invitees regarding steps on its premises.

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The general principles of premises liability are well understood and need not be reexamined here. Essentially, social policy imposes on possessors of land a legal duty to protect their invitees on...

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