Stamatakis v. Kroger Co.

Plaintiff filed suit against defendants Kroger and the City of Grosse Pointe, seeking to recover damages for injuries she suffered in a slip-and-fall. The trial judge granted Kroger’s motion for summary judgment for failure to state a claim. From this order, plaintiff appeals by right. Grosse Pointe’s motion for summary judgment was denied. This Court granted Grosse Pointe leave to appeal. The two appeals were ordered consolidated.

On appeal, plaintiff has advanced two theories allegedly supporting her claim against Kroger. The first is the "increased hazard” doctrine approved by this Court in…