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New Post: What is Black Ice? Michigan Slip and Fall Cases Occur from Black Ice - Along with the recent record cold that swept through Michigan last week came a ton of snow fall. In southeast Michigan, within a few days two storms each dropping over 10 inches of snow came through the area. Our Flint office received over 15 inches of snow from one of the storms. Along with this cold and snow came a dreaded hazardous condition that plagues pedestrians and motorists alike – black ice. In Michigan, just because you sustain an injury from a slip and fall does not mean you are entitled to compensation. Somebody must be at fault, or negligent, for allowing the unreasonably dangerous condition to exist and not taking reasonable precautions to get rid of the dangerous condition. This includes slip and fall accidents and car accidents due to black ice. However, like all Michigan slip and fall cases, claims involving black ice are not easy. Under Michigan law, landowners owe a duty to customers to exercise reasonable care to protect them from an unreasonable risk of harm caused by a dangerous condition of the land. However, there is an exception to this rule – a doctrine known as the open and obvious rule. Under the open and obvious rule, when the danger is known to the customer, or so obvious a customer should discover it, the landowner does not owe a duty to protect the customer from that danger. In other words, the landowner – such as a grocery store – does not have to pr...