Stitt v. Holland Abundant Life Fellowship

Violet Moeller (Moeller) was injured in defendant church’s parking lot before an evening Bible study session when she tripped over a concrete tir e stop. Moeller and her husband filed suit, 1 claiming that defendant was negligent by, inter alia, failing to properly light the parking lot and failing to properly mark or position the tire stops that were placed there. The jury returned a verdict of no cause of action in favor of defendant.

Plaintiffs raise a number of issues on appeal, one of which is outcome-determinative. The trial court concluded that Moeller was a licensee, rather than an…