Self v. Queen

The appellant in this proceeding, Gaynelle Self, claims that the Circuit Court of Wayne County erred in awarding her mother, the appellee, Mayme Queen, summary judgment in this premises liability action. In awarding summary judgment, the circuit court held that the appellant, who was injured in a fall on her mother’s property, occupied the status of a licensee at the time of the fall and that her mother was not guilty of willful or wanton misconduct in the maintenance of the premises on which the fall occurred. The court concluded that under our law a property owner is responsible to a…