Bullard v. Marriott International, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• reversing a grant of summary judgment where there were factual questions about whether the plaintiff should have noticed the raised brick in her path over which she tripped
• \[I]t is a plaintiff's knowledge of the specific hazard which precipitates the trip and fall which is determinative.\
• evidence that defendant received previous complaints regarding uneven walkway and made attempts to repair it created a jury issue as to whether defendant took reasonable steps to prevent a foreseeable danger
• evidence that defendant received previous complaints regarding uneven walkway and made attempts to repair it created a jury issue as to whether defendant took reasonable steps to prevent a foreseeable danger
• factual question remained as to whether allegedly hazardous condition presented by raised brick on walkway was open and obvious and whether claimant should have seen the hazard before she tripped
• “[R]egardless of whether [the invitee] had some knowledge of uneven bricks in the area she typically used, the evidence does not demand a finding that she had encountered or successfully negotiated the substantially raised brick that caused her fall.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).