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Watch Your Step: Unlit, Uneven Pavement is Open & Obvious

Landlord’s Duty to Tenant Assaulted in Building is Only to Timely Notify Authorities

An uneven sidewalk is open and obvious to the average Joe and the plain Jane

Living on the Edge: Court of Appeals Divided Over Whether Landscaping Edging is Open and Obvious

“A rose by any other name….”: Court of Appeals illustrates that the open and obvious doctrine cannot be avoided by simply labeling a premises liability claim one for “ordinary negligence.”

Court of Appeals holds that, to prevail on summary disposition, property owners must prove that they lacked actual or constructive notice of a defective condition

Michigan Supreme Court Reins in Court of Appeals in Two Premises Liability Cases

Parking Lot Crosswalk Considered a Potential Special Aspect of the Parking Lot – Open and Obvious Doctrine Rejected

An Owner of a Condominium Unit Cannot Invoke the Landlord-Tenant Act

Holy Cow! Livestock can escape in the absence of negligence, res ipsa loquitur does not apply