Smith v. BREA Property Management of Michigan LLC

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

This negligence action arises from a serious injury to John Smith, crew member of SDI Exterior Systems, Inc, which he sustained after a scaffold on which he was working blew over. Smith sought damages from defendants BRE Southfield LLC (“BRE”), which owned the property Smith was working on when he was injured, and BREA Property Management LLC (“BREA”), which was the property manager. Smith sought to hold BRE and BREA liable for negligence. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. We affirm the district court’s decision.

Factual History

On April 24,…