Estate of Mickelsen Ex Rel. Mickelsen v. North-Wend Foods, Inc.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An eastbound driver attempted to make an Megal left turn into a restaurant's exit driveway. The eastbound driver collided with an oncoming westbound driver, killing the westbound driver. The decedent's estate sued the restaurant for wrongful death, arguing that the restaurant was negligent in creating a dangerous condition on its land and failing to take steps to make the condition safe, for example, by warning eastbound drivers not to use the exit driveway in this manner. The superior court dismissed the complaint, holding that the restaurant…