Johnston v. George

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the bracket of a shopping-cart guardrail at the entranceway of the store by the exit doors was an open and obvious condition
• noting that the plaintiff “visited the store two or three times before his mishap” to determine if the alleged dangerous condition was open and obvious
• noting that Armstrong admitted in his deposition that when he entered the store, nothing was obstructing his view prior to the fall and if he had been looking down, he would have seen the guardrail
• explaining that if the hazardous condition is \so obvious\ that all persons would have had to observe the hazard, then the law absolves the property owner from taking any further action to protect an invitee
• explaining that if the hazardous condition is \so obvious\ that all persons would have had to observe the hazard, then the law absolves the property owner from taking any further action to protect an invitee
• Generally, “[w]here a danger is open and obvious, a landowner owes no duty of care to individuals lawfully on the premises.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).