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Michigan Slip and Fall Law: What you need to know
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Under an important new Michigan Supreme Court ruling, the Michigan slip and fall law lets residents who have been injured in slip and fall and trip and fall premises liability accidents will be able to hold negligent property owners responsible for the injuries, harms and deaths they cause.
In Kandil-Elsayed vs. F&E Oil, Inc., and Pinsky vs. Kroger Company of Michigan, the Michigan Supreme Court held that in premises liability cases where a person is injured in a slip and fall or trip and fall accident resulting from hazardous and dangerous conditions on another person’s property, the property owner owes “a duty to exercise reasonable care to protect invitees from an unreasonable risk of harm caused by a dangerous condition of the land.”
The Court found that property owners have a legal duty to protect invitees from an unreasonable risk of harm caused by dangerous or hazardous conditions of the land. This duty also includes requiring a land possessor to “anticipate harm” that may result from a seemingly open and obvious danger.
Importantly, the high court’s justices also held that “when assessing whether” a property owner “has breached their duty to take reasonable care to protect invitees from an open and obvious danger, courts should ask whether the possessor ‘should anticipate the harm.’”
This is a landmark ruling for Michigan slip and fall law. The justices emphasized in their ruling that this is not a new law, but rather it marks a long-overdue return to the state of the law in this state and represents “decades of precedent prior to” the Michigan Supreme Court’s controversial and roundly criticized ruling in Lugo vs. Ameritech Corp, Inc.
If you or a loved one was injured in a slip and fall accident in Michigan, call our Michigan slip and fall lawyers. Our attorneys are arguably Michigan’s most successful and experienced in helping people injured in slip and fall and premises liability accidents.
We can help you recover the full compensation you deserve. Call or Chat now!
In Kandil-Elsayed vs. F&E Oil, Inc., and Pinsky vs. Kroger Company of Michigan, the Michigan Supreme Court held that in premises liability cases where a person is injured in a slip and fall or trip and fall accident resulting from hazardous and dangerous conditions on another person’s property, the property owner owes “a duty to exercise reasonable care to protect invitees from an unreasonable risk of harm caused by a dangerous condition of the land.”
The Court found that property owners have a legal duty to protect invitees from an unreasonable risk of harm caused by dangerous or hazardous conditions of the land. This duty also includes requiring a land possessor to “anticipate harm” that may result from a seemingly open and obvious danger.
Importantly, the high court’s justices also held that “when assessing whether” a property owner “has breached their duty to take reasonable care to protect invitees from an open and obvious danger, courts should ask whether the possessor ‘should anticipate the harm.’”
This is a landmark ruling for Michigan slip and fall law. The justices emphasized in their ruling that this is not a new law, but rather it marks a long-overdue return to the state of the law in this state and represents “decades of precedent prior to” the Michigan Supreme Court’s controversial and roundly criticized ruling in Lugo vs. Ameritech Corp, Inc.
If you or a loved one was injured in a slip and fall accident in Michigan, call our Michigan slip and fall lawyers. Our attorneys are arguably Michigan’s most successful and experienced in helping people injured in slip and fall and premises liability accidents.
We can help you recover the full compensation you deserve. Call or Chat now!
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