Court Opinion

ID: 9520190
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 01:33:04.550405+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:45:42.574234
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion
Givan, J.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion in this case.
I completely agree with the opinion of the Court of Appeals found at 288 N.E.2d 197.
The majority opinion in this case sees fit to deviate from the weight of authority throughout the country and in so doing is establishing a most difficult responsibility upon the owners of private business parking lots. The rule of law which this opinion overturns has been based upon the realistic recognition that the average person is well aware of such natural hazards as rain, snow and ice; that the accumulation of these elements is readily discernible to the casual observer, and that all persons must proceed with reasonable caution when obviously hazardous conditions prevail. C.J. Hoffman of the Court of Appeals has correctly followed the weight of authority in this and other jurisdictions in this regard.
I would not disturb that decision.
Prentice, J., concurs.
Note.—Reported at 311 N.E.2d 821.