State ex rel. Boynton v. Bunton

How courts have described this case

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• rejecting the argument that a wet floor is always open and obvious regardless of its visibility, and indicating that water on the floor may be open and obvious if discoverable upon casual inspection
• “[W]e reject defendant’s assertion that a wet floor in a restaurant is a common everyday hazard of which customers are expected to be aware, making it always open and obvious regardless of its visibility.”
• “When deciding a summary disposition motion based on the open and obvious danger doctrine, ‘it is important for courts . . . to focus on the objective nature of the condition of the premises at issue, not on the subjective degree of care used by the plaintiff.’ ”
• “When deciding a summary disposition motion based on the open and obvious danger doctrine, ‘it is important for courts . . . to focus on the objective nature of the condition of the premises at issue, not on the subjective degree of care used by the plaintiff.’ ”

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