Honorl v. J. L. Hudson Co.

Tbe defendant bad a duty to keep its store premises reasonably safe for public *630use, and, if a condition caused by others made the premises unsafe, to correct that condition within a reasonable time after it learned or should have learned of the potential for harm. Hulett v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (1941), 299 Mich 59, 67; Winfrey v. S. S. Kresge Co. (1967), 6 Mich App 504, leave to appeal granted (1967) 379 Mich 768.

As part of its program for maintaining reasonably safe store premises, the defendant provided a handrail on the right side of the staircase which plaintiff attempted to…