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An Unpersuasive Approach to the Governmental Tort Liability Act and the Push Button Automatic Door

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Published: June 23, 2015

Michigan Legislature Codifies Property Owners’ Duties With Respect to Trespassers

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Published: March 30, 2015

Not Your Garden-Variety Open and Obvious Lawsuit

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Published: March 12, 2015

A Damp-Appearing Handicap Ramp Is Open and Obvious When There Is Indicia Of Wintry Conditions

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Published: March 6, 2015

Entrant’s Status Revoked

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Published: January 8, 2015

Ladders and licensees

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Published: December 23, 2014

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

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Published: December 18, 2014

An “Unreasonably Dangerous” or “Effectively Unavoidable” Condition May Be Immune to the Open and Obvious Defense

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Published: December 11, 2014

Supreme Court underscores that snow and ice are open and obvious when there are “indicia of a potentially hazardous condition.”

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Published: October 24, 2014

Open and obvious revisited: a condition need not “pose a substantial risk of death or serious injury” in order to be “effectively unavoidable.”

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Published: August 29, 2014
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