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Ryanne Rizzo is an attorney at Latham Law Group in Birmingham, where she focuses her litigation practice on plaintiff’s side personal injury cases.In addition to practicing law, she sits on the governing board for the State Bar of Michigan Litigation Section, is a member of the Michigan Association for Justice, and represents the 6th Circuit on the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly.
Aug 7, 2023 · August 7, 2023. By: Jeffrey C. Hart. On July 28, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court overturned the open and obvious doctrine, opening the door for individuals to file and win premises liability cases against Michigan property owners. This ruling signifies a massive shift in premises liability law, which deterred lawsuits and benefited landowners ...
Aug 2, 2023 · In a consolidated opinion issued this past Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court dismantled the long-standing “open-and-obvious doctrine.” Previously, property owners could usually defeat slip and fall claims where the danger to the injured individual was open and obvious to a reasonable person — a well-settled legal principle for a state like Michigan, where citizens encounter familiar and ...
Aug 2, 2023 · The common-law elements of a tort claim are (1) a duty, (2) breach of that duty, (3) causation of the injury, and (4) damages. In Lugo, the Michigan Supreme Court held that the open-and-obvious-danger doctrine and its exceptions are addressed under the “duty” element of a premises-liability case.
On July 28, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court made a groundbreaking ruling that transformed premises liability cases. In the notable cases of Kandil-Elsayed v. F & E Oil, Inc. and Pinsky v. Kroger, the Court overturned the long-standing “open and obvious” doctrine and reviewed the standard on which premises liability cases are decided. The ...
List of Michigan area codes. This is a list of telephone area codes in the U.S. state of Michigan : 231 – Northwestern Lower Michigan: Traverse City, Ludington, Muskegon, Petoskey, Big Rapids and Cheboygan.
Aug 4, 2023 · On July 28, 2023, the Supreme Court of Michigan significantly changed the framework of premises liability law in Michigan and the open and obvious doctrine, which mainly found application in slip ...
