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· 3/10/1998

Hughes v. Pmg Building, Inc

Citations

  • 574 N.W.2d 691
  • 227 Mich. App. 1

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that because only four men worked on an overhang, it did not pose a risk to a significant number of workers
  • holding that a porch overhang atop which four roofers worked, all of whom were employees of the same roofing subcontractor, did not constitute a common work area
  • finding that four workers is not a significant number for purposes of the third element
  • “Whether a danger is open and obvious depends upon whether it is reasonable to expect an average person of ordinary intelligence to discover the danger upon casual inspection.”
  • where the stability of the support for an overhang was obscured from sight
  • where the stability of the support for an overhang was obscured from sight

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Judges: Griffin, Sawyer, O'Connell

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