DocketNumber: 150894
Filed Date: 9/30/2015
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 10/2/2015
Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan September 30, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice 150894 Stephen J. Markman Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano GORDON JOSEPH BREDOW and SUZANNE Richard H. Bernstein, BREDOW, Justices Plaintiffs-Appellants, v SC: 150894 COA: 315219 Kent CC: 11-011291-NO LAND & CO., PRD CONSTRUCTION, INC., d/b/a LAND SERVICE AND SUPPLY, WYOMING INDUSTRIAL CENTER, LLC, and WYOMING INDUSTRIAL CENTER II, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. _________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 30, 2014 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE that part of the Court of Appeals opinion discussing plaintiff Gordon Bredow’s status as an invitee or a licensee. We nevertheless AFFIRM the result reached by the Court of Appeals because we conclude that, assuming arguendo that the plaintiff remained an invitee throughout his time on the property, the danger was open and obvious and contained no special aspects excepting it from the open and obvious doctrine. See Hoffner v Lanctoe,492 Mich. 450
, 473 (2012). I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court. September 30, 2015 t0930 Clerk