Patterson v. Moffitt

The plaintiff was an invitee, and defendant owed him all the duties imposed on a host or inviter under the same or similar circumstances. These include the duty to exercise ordinary care to avoid committing any act of negligence or imprudence which might add to or increase the danger to his invitee. 4 Blashfield 368, sec. 2321.

Plaintiff’s only allegation of negligence is that the defendant “negligently . . . and without regard for the safety of . . . the plaintiff, slammed the door on the plaintiff’s finger, without first ascertaining that such an act could be done safely.”

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