Konicek v. Loomis Bros., Inc.

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• affirming district court’s decision to overrule a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in premises liability case when the evidence presented several jury questions on Restatement (Second) of Torts section 343 and 343A issues
• describing duty of possessor of land to employees of independent contraetors/business invitees
• allowing the jury to ignore a known dangerous condition by recognizing the modern pace of a worker and the weather would distract the worker and cause him to momentarily forget the danger or not see the dangerous condition
• point asserted in motion for directed verdict and again in motion for new trial is sufficiently preserved
• comparative negligence where plaintiff's injury resulted from open and obvious hole in roof
• comparative negligence where plaintiff's injury resulted from open and obvious hole in roof

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