Grim v. Rahe, Inc.

In this appeal dealing with premises liability, we consider two issues: first, whether a 120-volt light receptacle is a dangerous instrumentality; second, whether the plaintiff’s evidence was sufficient to make out a prima facie case of a property owner’s knowledge of a broken 120-volt light receptacle.

Cody Allen Grim, then four years old, sustained an electrical burn to the palm of his hand when he touched a broken fluorescent light receptacle charged with 120 volts of electricity. The receptacle was located under the customer’s side of an order counter at a McDonald’s restaurant where Cody,…