Ward v. Frank’s Nursery & Crafts, Inc

Holbrook, Jr., J.

Plaintiff 1 appeals from a series of summary disposition rulings effecting a dismissal of her claims for personal injuries sustained in a slip-and-fall incident. We reverse as to defendant Frank’s Nursery & Crafts, Inc., but we affirm as to the other defendants-appellees.

Plaintiff’s accident occurred in an area of public access characterized, alternatively, as an alley or a walkway. This way, owned by defendant City of East Detroit, served as a means of access for vehicles and pedestrians to adjacent business premises and parking lots operated by defendants Frank’s Nursery &…