Appellate Court Reverses Supreme Court’s Denial of Summary Judgment for an Open and Obvious Decorative Barricade
Plaintiff tripped and fell over the foot of a decorative barricade in our client’s grocery store, claiming that it dangerously encroached into the aisle and constituted a trap for the unwary. We moved for summary judgment on the theory that the barricade and its foot were open, obvious and not inherently dangerous. We argued that…