Question Of Fact Exists On Duty Of Care Owed By Fryer Operator, Majority Says

(April 12, 2016, 7:58 AM EDT) -- TROY, Mich. — The majority of the Michigan Appeals Court on March 29 reversed a portion of a trial court’s judgment entered against injured plaintiffs after determining that a question of fact exists as to whether the operator of a hot-oil fryer at an outdoor festival owed a duty of reasonable care to the plaintiffs (Ibtihaj Shammout, a minor, by her next friend, Hani Shammout, et al. v. Kalamazoo Jaycee, et al., No. 323532, Mich. App.; 2016 Mich. App. LEXIS 633)....