Jacobs v. Great S. Shopping Ctr., L.L.C.

Citations

• 238 N.E.3d 281
• 2024 Ohio 1180

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of appellee in this trip and fall case. Appellee did not owe a common-law duty to appellant as to the sidewalk in disrepair because this hazard was open-and-obvious. Nor did appellant demonstrate a duty under City of Columbus ordinances requiring a sidewalk to be properly maintained. A city ordinance that simply requires abutting property owners to maintain and repair sidewalks in accordance with certain standards and criteria does not impose a duty on those owners to pedestrians, but an obligation to assist the city in that maintenance and repair. Judgment affirmed.