Michigan Invitee Law

Bertha Brown v. Target Corporation

Detroit, Michigan, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability claim. AI Overview Michigan premises liability law holds property owners accountable for injuries caused by a failure to maintain a safe property. To succeed in a claim, a person must prove the property owner was negligent, meaning they knew or should have known about a dangerous condition... More...

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Donnetta Berrien v. United States of America

Plaintiff's decedent worked for a civilian contractor at a military base in Michigan. He was fatally injured by a gutter that fell from the liquor store on the base. The United States appeals from the district court's award under the Federal Tort Claims Act of $1.18 million in damages for failure to warn. Because 1 No. 12-1365 Berrien v. USA Page 2 the Act does not waive the i... More...

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Michael K. McGuigan v. Vascor Ltd.

Plaintiff appeals as of right an order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition. We affirm. Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in granting summary disposition to defendants because the MacDonald1 line of cases is inapplicable when defendants are not merchants. Plaintiff also argues that defendants' duty of care arose under a master-servant relationship because def... More...

$0 (05-29-2012 - MI)

Kelly Hollerbach v. Target Corporation

Plaintiff Kelly Hollerbach (Hollerbach) appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant Target Corporation (Target) dismissing her negligence (premises liability) claim in this diversity case. We REVERSE and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. I. The facts, viewed in the light most favorable to Hollerbach are that Hollerbach was a... More...

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Nicholas Lawson v. Cherylene Norton

court's order granting defendant Cherylene Norton's motion for summary disposition. We affirm. I. FACTS Nicholas Lawson is a resident of Lapeer, Michigan, and has lived in Michigan his entire life. Norton owns, and formerly lived in, a house in Lapeer, Michigan. At the time of Nicholas Lawson's injury on March 8, 2008, Norton was living in her Lapeer home. On the morning of Ma... More...

$0 (06-02-2011 - MI)

Estate of Anthony B. Lagos v. William Davis, III

Defendants appeal by leave granted from an order denying their motion for summary disposition in this case involving claims of negligence and breach of contract. We reverse and remand for entry of judgment in favor of defendants. This action arose from the tragic death of Anthony B. Lagos, who died after accidentally locking himself in the trunk of his automobile while the vehicle was parke... More...

$0 (06-09-2011 - MI)

Julian Romanowski v. Classy Chassis, Inc.

In this premises liability action, plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition. We affirm. This appeal has been decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). We review a trial court's summary disposition decision de novo. Allison v AEW Capital Mgt, LLP, 481 Mich 419, 424; 751 NW2d 8 (2008). Although the trial court... More...

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Carey Jimkoski, Personal Representative for the Estate of Nicholas Paul Jimkoski v. Peter Lee Shupe and Thomas Shupe and Bernice Shupe

Defendant Peter Shupe (defendant) appeals as of right the judgment entered in plaintiff's favor following a jury trial. Defendant also challenges the trial court's decision to deny defendant's motions for summary disposition and directed verdict. We conclude that the trial court did not err in determining that the factual record would support a conclusion by the fact finder that, even if the dange... More...

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<a href="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/07a0152p-06.pdf" target="_new">Brenda Lindsey, et al. v. Detroit Entertainment, LLC d/b/a Motor City Casino</a>

Plaintiffs are seven unrelated individuals who were each detained by employees of Defendant Detroit Entertainment, L.L.C., which owns and operates MotorCity Casino, for picking up allegedly abandoned tokens or credits found in Defendant's slot machines. Plaintiffs brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that Defendant violated their constitutional rights under color of state l... More...

$0 (05-01-2007 - MI)

<a href="http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/documents/OPINIONS/FINAL/COA/20030918_C240067_34_240067.OPN.PDF: target="_new">James R. Webb, Sr. and Tina M. Webb v. Meca Associates</a>

In October 1978 defendant, a Michigan partnership whose partners include Jeff Jacobs, leased a manufacturing facility to Michigan Extruded Aluminum, a corporation owned by the Jacobs family. Pursuant to the terms of the lease, defendant was responsible for repairs to the roof and the outer walls of the building. Effective January 1, 1991, defendant and Michigan Extruded agreed to continue... More...

$0 (09-22-2003 - MI)

<a href="http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=03a0304p.06" target="_new">Jerrilyn Hunley, et al. v. DuPont Automotive, Division of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., Inc.</a>

This is a negligence action that was removed to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction. Plaintiffs-Appellants, Jerrilyn Hunley, individually and as guardian of the estate of Jerome Hunley, and Jerome Hunley, brought suit against Defendant-Appellee, DuPont Automotive, Division of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., Inc., for harm incurred by Jerome Hunley after his exposure to a large paint s... More...

$0 (08-25-2003 - MI)

<a href="http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/documents/OPINIONS/FINAL/COA/20021022_C226645(64)_226645.OPN.PDF" target="_new">Patricia Graves, et al. v. Warner Bros., Jenny Jones Show and Telepictures</a>

Defendants appeal as of right from the entry of judgment in the amount of $29,332,686 following the jury's verdict in plaintiffs' favor in this wrongful death action. We reverse, vacate the judgment, and remand for entry of judgment in favor of defendants, holding that under the circumstances defendants owed no legally cognizable duty to protect plaintiffs' decedent from the homicidal acts of ... More...

$0 (10-28-2002 - MI)

Brian P. Wellman v. <a href="http://www.wal-mart.com" target="_new">Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.</a>

Plaintiff Brian P. Wellman was shopping with his wife at the Wal-Mart Store in Fremont, Michigan on October 26, 1999, when he tripped on a steel chain left dangling in an aisle of the hardware department, causing him to fall and sustain injuries to his right knee and lower back. Plaintiff alleged that he was a business invitee, to whom defendant owed a duty to exercie reasonable care in maintaini... More...

$0 (02-06-2002 - MI)

<a href="http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/documents/OPINIONS/FINAL/SCT/20020424_S116059(38)_Perkoviq116059.op.pdf" target="_new">Anton Perkoviq v. Delcor Homes-Lake Shore Pointe, Ltd.</a>

The plaintiff was injured when he fell from the roof of a partially constructed house as he was preparing to paint in the course of his employment. He brought this action against defendant, the owner and the general contractor of the subdivision development. The circuit court granted summary disposition for the defendant. The Court of Appeals reversed in part, finding that genuine issues of ... More...

$0 (04-26-2002 - MI)

<a href="http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/documents/OPINIONS/FINAL/COA/20010327_C215643(33)_57O.215643.COA.PDF" target="_new">Prebenda v. Tartagalia</a>

The facts of this case can be stated simply. Plaintiff 's decedent was a tenant (invitee) of defendants' apartment complex. Returning home, she entered a vestibule and came to a solid door leading to a common hallway shared with other apartments. As she was attempting to pull the door open, a guest of another apartment resident pushed the door from the other side. The decedent fell and was inj... More...

$0 (05-18-2001 - MI)