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Date: 02-15-2023
Case Style:
Kathleen Miklas v. Targart Corporation
Case Number: 2:21-cv-00046
Judge: Andrew P. Rodovich
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (Lake County)
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Defendant's Attorney: David P. Burow Flak
Description: Hammond, Indiana personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a premises liability theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of an accident in one of Defendant's stores.
The duty owed by businesses to invitees reasonable care under the circumstances regarding the state of the premises or acts done or omitted on them. The duty of reasonable care under the circumstances which an owner or occupier of land owes to such entrants does not include any of the following: a duty to warn of or otherwise take reasonable steps to protect such entrants from conditions on the premises that are known to the entrant, are open and obvious, or can reasonably be expected to be discovered by the entrant; a duty to warn of latent defects or dangers or defects or dangers unknown to the owner or occupier of the premises; a duty to warn such entrants of any dangers resulting from misuse by the entrants of the premises or anything affixed to or located on the premises; or a duty to protect such entrants from their own misuse of the premises or anything affixed to or located on the premises.
Outcome: 02/15/2023 47 OPINION AND ORDER: The defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment 40 is GRANTED. Signed by Magistrate Judge Andrew P Rodovich on 2/15/23. (nhc) (Entered: 02/15/2023)
02/15/2023 48 CLERK'S ENTRY OF JUDGMENT. (nhc) (Entered: 02/15/2023)
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