Beals v. Walker

This is a slip and fall case which raises issues under the law of premises liability.

We are required to decide whether the plaintiff was entitled to the requested instruction on com*473parative negligence; whether the Funk1 doctrine should be expanded to cover the facts of this case; and whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that the trial court should have granted the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. We answer the first and third questions in the affirmative, but answer the second question in the negative. Accordingly, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the…