Lang v. Holly Hill Motel, Inc.

I

{¶ 1} The Fourth District Court of Appeals certified this case pursuant to Section 3(B)(4), Article IV, Ohio Constitution and App.R. 25. The court of appeals found its judgment to be in conflict with the judgments of the First and Tenth District Courts of Appeals1 on the following issue: “[wjhether a violation *121of an administrative building code provision prohibits the application of the open and obvious doctrine and precludes summary judgment on a negligence claim.” We accepted plaintiff-appellant Dorothy Lang’s discretionary appeal on the same issue.

{¶ 2} For the following reasons, we…