BUHALIS v. TRINITY CONTINUING CARE SERVS.

Docket Nos. 296535, 300163.

822 N.W.2d 254 (2012)

296 Mich. App. 685

BUHALIS v. TRINITY CONTINUING CARE SERVICES.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 29, 2012, at 9:10 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper Law Firm, PLLC, Grand Rapids (by John J. Cooper ), for Mary Buhalis.

Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook, Detroit (by Susan Healy Zitterman and John P. Hessberg ) for Trinity Continuing Care Services.

Before: M.J. KELLY, P.J., and SAAD and O'CONNELL, JJ.


SAAD, J.

I. NATURE OF THE CASE

Under Michigan law, a premises possessor generally owes no duty to an invitee to warn of or protect from open and obvious dangers, such as ice and snow, absent special aspects. We hold that, for the reasons set forth below, the icy condition that plaintiff encountered was open and obvious. We also hold that, as a matter of law, if a premises possessor provides a clear means of ingress and egress and an invitee strays off the...

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