Court Opinion

ID: 9741910
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:04:03.03387+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:07:04.601391
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Boyle, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part). I agree with the rationale and result in Kreski v Modern Wholesale Electric. I do not agree, however, that a concealed trap door is, as a matter of law, a "normal, inherent, and foreseeable risk[ ] of the chosen profession.” (Ante, p 372.) Nor can I agree, as a matter of law, that in these circumstances, the defendant owed no duty to the plaintiff. The questions of defendant’s knowledge of the danger and opportunity to warn, Clark v Corby, 75 Wis 2d 292; 249 NW2d 567 (1977), are essentially factual matters. Because I am not convinced on this record that amendment of the complaint would be futile, Ben P Fyke & Sons v Gunter Co, 390 Mich 649, 213 NW2d 134 (1973), I would remand to the trial court for further proceedings.