Michigan Panel Affirms Summary Disposition For Health Care Facility In Slip, Fall

(November 22, 2016, 10:15 AM EST) -- DETROIT — The danger presented by slipping and falling on a step is considered open and obvious, and a plaintiff failed to establish evidence creating a genuine issue of material fact that a health care facility’s steps contained “special aspects making them unreasonably dangerous,” a Michigan appellate panel found in a Nov. 17 unpublished opinion, affirming summary judgment for the health care center (Loretta Needham v. Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., et al., No. 328293,  Mich. App.; 2016 Mich. App. LEXIS 2106)....

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