Riddle v. McLouth Steel Products Corp.

Vance Riddle, a truck driver, was severely injured when he slipped and fell on oil that had dripped from steel coils stored in a "coil field” at a McLouth Steel Products Corporation plant. The issues tried to the jury were whether McLouth breached the standard of care to be observed by a premises owner to Riddle, an invitee, and whether any negligence of Mc-Louth was a cause of Riddle’s injury or, rather, whether Riddle’s injury was due to Riddle’s negligence in failing to take adequate precautions as he *104walked through the coil field to avoid a danger that should have been known and obvious…