Reed v. Cleveland State Univ.

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 4948

Syllabus

Motion for Summary Judgment; Civ.R. 56; invitee; open and obvious; attendant circumstances. The court found that where plaintiff chose to walk through a gap between the seats in a darkened concert venue, rather than use the designated, lit aisleway to access a concession stand, the step down to the concourse level was an open and obvious danger of which defendant had no duty to warn plaintiff. A reasonable person under the circumstances would have exercised an increased degree of care in the relative darkness of a concert venue. The evidence failed to create a genuine issue of material fact regarding attendant circumstances. Therefore, the court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment and rendered judgment in favor of defendant.