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Premises liability actions after Kandil-Elsayed have changed the landscape in many ways, but the requirements for duty, breach, and notice remain, if in altered form. Here, defendant ran a business catering to the rehabilitation of those recovering from injuries and the elderly, who often required aids such as walkers or canes to walk and moved…

The duty of a landlord to protect tenants from criminal acts hinges upon whether the act could be foreseen. Here, the Michigan Court of Appeals declined to extend that duty despite the Defendants providing a way for their former employee to access others’ apartments. Their reasoning hinges on the lack of notice – the former…