Allison v. AEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLP

0dissenting). I agree with the majority’s conclusions under MCL 554.139(1) (a) that a parking lot is a common area, the intended use of a parking lot includes walking to and from parked vehicles, accumulations of ice and snow may be subject to a landlord’s duties under § 139(l)(a), and the “open and obvious danger” doctrine is inapplicable to the duty created by the statute.1 However, I disagree with the majority’s application of § 139(l)(a) in this case. While I tend to agree with the majority that one or two inches of snow would rarely make a parking lot unfit for its intended use under §…