Royce v. Chatwell Club Apartments

SERVITTO, EJ.

Defendant appeals by leave granted the circuit court’s order denying in part its motion for summary disposition in this premises liability action involving a slip and fall. Flaintiffs cross-appeal as of right the same order granting in part defendant’s motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(0(10). Because the slippery condition of the parking lot where the fall occurred was open and obvious and no special aspect making the condition unreasonably dangerous existed, and because defendant could not rely on the open and obvious danger doctrine to avoid its statutory duty…