NICHOLSON v. MGM CORPORATION

No. 2509.

555 P.2d 39 (1976)

Clarence NICHOLSON, Appellant, v. MGM CORPORATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Noonan and Charles E. Cole, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Thomas F. Keever of Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Fairbanks, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, Justices.


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

In this appeal we must consider the extent of the duty of due care owing by a possessor of land who holds it open to the public for entry to the possessor's business premises. More particularly we deal with the duties of a grocer toward patrons who are about to enter his store.

For the purpose of this appeal the facts are not in serious dispute. The case comes to us from the grant of summary judgment against the plaintiff...

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