Court Opinion

ID: 9528640
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:42:45.2803+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:09.944649
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GREER, Judge,
concurring specially:
Unless a possessor of land should anticipate the danger, he is not liable to invitees for harm caused by known or obvious activities or conditions on the land. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 343A. To say that a possessor is not liable, however, is not to say there is no duty. The duty to exercise reasonable care remains constant, “though the acts which are necessary to fulfill it vary depending upon the circumstances, including the obvious character of the obstruction.” Beach v. City of Phoenix, 136 Ariz. 601, 667 P.2d 1316 (1983).
In Beach our supreme court stated, “the correct issue is whether reasonable people might conclude that the City was negligent in failing to remedy a defect which was very open and obvious.” 136 Ariz. at 604, 667 P.2d at 1319. In my opinion, the trial court could have correctly held as a matter of law that reasonable people could not conclude that the state was negligent. I therefore concur in the decision.