Price v. Verizon Cellular Sales

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 4621

Syllabus

CIV.R. 56(C) — SUMMARY JUDGMENT — NEGLIGENCE — BUSINESS INVITEE — OPEN-AND-OBVIOUS DOCTRINE: The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant business owner in a slip-and-fall case because plaintiff failed to show that her fall was caused by a hazardous condition. A step that is slippery due to rain water accumulation on a rainy day is an open-and-obvious danger about which defendant business owner had no duty to warn plaintiff, a business invitee.