Hunt v. Chad Enterprises, Inc

Defendants appeal as of right from a jury verdict of $243,750 in favor of plaintiffs in this premises liability action. Plaintiffs cross appeal as of right. We affirm.

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Plaintiff Jon Hunt was injured on October 6, 1985, at a McDonald’s restaurant located at 207 Lansing Road in Charlotte, Michigan. Hunt had parked his pickup truck in a parking space to the right of the restaurant. In front of his truck was a four-foot-wide sidewalk that is also the top of a retaining wall. As one moves up the sidewalk from Lansing Road, the difference in height increases gradually to a maximum of thirty-nine…