Novotney v. Burger King Corp.

We granted rehearing of this appeal to reconsider the circuit court’s order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants. We now reverse.

This is a negligence case arising out of a fall that occurred on defendants’ premises. Plaintiffs were business invitees at defendants’ restaurant and, while leaving the restaurant, plaintiff Luella Novotney, an elderly woman, slipped on a ramp directly adjacent to the sidewalk coming out of the restaurant and is alleged to have fractured and severely sprained her left ankle. The ramp was a handicap access ramp, apparently the same color and made up…