Hagadorn v. Prudential Insurance

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• finding that property owner was on constructive notice of the slanted cement surrounding a culvert and the lack of any paint to mark potential danger
• reversing trial court's grant of summary judgment to defendant where a reasonable inspection would have revealed the slanted nature of cement surrounding a culvert and that the curb had not been painted yellow or orange as a warning
• reversing the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant in a trip and fall case when the design prevented the plaintiff from appreciating the slope that caused her fall and there were no markings alerting plaintiff to the steepness of the slope
• defendants on constructive notice of dramatic slope in drainage culvert obscured by fallen leaves; whether business patron had superior knowledge of hazard held a jury question
• jury question remained where conditions created an optical illusion that prevented plaintiff from appreciating danger involved
• defendants on constructive notice of dramatic slope in drainage culvert obscured by fallen leaves

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