Ann Arbor office · Serving Washtenaw County
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Call about an Ann Arbor matter when a fall on unsafe property caused medical care or lasting harm and the hazard, control, inspection history, notice, contractor, landlord, or public-property status is disputed. The first Ann Arbor review identifies the unchanged hazard proof, property possession and control, inspections, complaints, contracts, notice, Kandil-Elsayed analysis, comparative fault, medical causation, and any landlord or public-property rules. Campus-adjacent walkways, downtown businesses, parking structures, apartments, university facilities, construction zones, and winter routes can cross city, university, landlord, and contractor control. Ann Arbor Police, city FOIA staff, U-M departments, Washtenaw County, the DDA, property owners, and private operators may preserve different materials. Ann Arbor cases often involve university traffic, regional commuters, US-23 and I-94 crashes, downtown video, campus-related evidence, and treatment through a major academic medical system. The broader service area includes Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Chelsea, Plymouth, Canton, Monroe, Milan, and Dexter. Local care can include University of Michigan Health, Trinity Health Ann Arbor, and regional rehabilitation providers. Potential court records include Washtenaw County Trial Court, Ann Arbor district courts, Monroe County courts, and federal court may be involved depending on the defendants, although venue and the proper parties must be verified for the actual claim. Local corridors and incident locations include US-23, I-94, M-14, State Street, Washtenaw Avenue, Stadium Boulevard, and downtown Ann Arbor all create local evidence issues. Ann Arbor Police, city FOIA staff, U-M departments, Washtenaw County, the DDA, property owners, and private operators may preserve different materials. The file should distinguish the hazard, who possessed or controlled the exact area, how long the condition existed, inspections or complaints, any lease or service contract, comparative-fault evidence, and the injury sequence. The Michigan slip and fall guide explains the statewide law; this page is limited to the Ann Arbor record and decision points.
Ann Arbor Police, city FOIA staff, U-M departments, Washtenaw County, the DDA, property owners, and private operators may preserve different materials. The file should distinguish the hazard, who possessed or controlled the exact area, how long the condition existed, inspections or complaints, any lease or service contract, comparative-fault evidence, and the injury sequence.
The condition can be cleaned, repaired, moved, melted, covered, or reconfigured; video, inspection logs, weather proof, incident reports, contracts, witness memory, shoes, and clothing can also be lost.
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Police and road agencies, platforms, drivers, passengers, vehicle owners, private camera holders, transit or parking systems, insurers, and medical providers may each hold a different part of the record.
The injured person, witnesses, responders, nearby occupants, and campus facilities, city parking systems, TheRide vehicles, downtown businesses, hospitals, apartments, residences, bicycles, and vehicles. These materials can document the actual Ann Arbor condition, visibility, route, lighting, changes, and alternative explanations before the site is altered.
Ann Arbor Police, city FOIA staff, U-M departments, Washtenaw County, the DDA, property owners, and private operators may preserve different materials. Likely video sources include campus facilities, city parking systems, TheRide vehicles, downtown businesses, hospitals, apartments, residences, bicycles, and vehicles.. They may help identify control, creation of the hazard, actual or constructive notice, response timing, and whether records are missing; none is assumed to exist.
Owners, tenants, landlords, property managers, snow or maintenance contractors, public bodies, and Washtenaw County records. Responsibility follows the verified duty and control arrangement, not merely the name on a storefront, tax record, uniform, or invoice.
Ann Arbor Police, city FOIA staff, U-M departments, Washtenaw County, the DDA, property owners, and private operators may preserve different materials. The file should distinguish the hazard, who possessed or controlled the exact area, how long the condition existed, inspections or complaints, any lease or service contract, comparative-fault evidence, and the injury sequence.
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| Evidence | Possible holder | Why it may matter |
|---|---|---|
| Scene photographs, measurements, footwear, clothing, weather, and witness observations | The injured person, witnesses, responders, nearby occupants, and campus facilities, city parking systems, TheRide vehicles, downtown businesses, hospitals, apartments, residences, bicycles, and vehicles | These materials can document the actual Ann Arbor condition, visibility, route, lighting, changes, and alternative explanations before the site is altered. |
| Incident report, surveillance, inspection, cleaning, maintenance, repair, complaint, and prior-condition records | Ann Arbor Police, city FOIA staff, U-M departments, Washtenaw County, the DDA, property owners, and private operators may preserve different materials. Likely video sources include campus facilities, city parking systems, TheRide vehicles, downtown businesses, hospitals, apartments, residences, bicycles, and vehicles. | They may help identify control, creation of the hazard, actual or constructive notice, response timing, and whether records are missing; none is assumed to exist. |
| Deed, lease, management agreement, vendor contract, work order, and public-agency control file | Owners, tenants, landlords, property managers, snow or maintenance contractors, public bodies, and Washtenaw County records | Responsibility follows the verified duty and control arrangement, not merely the name on a storefront, tax record, uniform, or invoice. |
| EMS, hospital, specialist, rehabilitation, wage, and daily-function proof | University of Michigan Health, Trinity Health Ann Arbor, and regional rehabilitation providers; later treating providers, employers, family members, and the injured person | The treatment chronology, medical causation, reasonable care, work loss, assistance needs, and functional effect must be tied to the fall without turning a legal page into medical advice. |
Campus-adjacent walkways, downtown businesses, parking structures, apartments, university facilities, construction zones, and winter routes can cross city, university, landlord, and contractor control. Ann Arbor Police, city FOIA staff, U-M departments, Washtenaw County, the DDA, property owners, and private operators may preserve different materials. Ann Arbor cases often involve university traffic, regional commuters, US-23 and I-94 crashes, downtown video, campus-related evidence, and treatment through a major academic medical system. The broader service area includes Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Chelsea, Plymouth, Canton, Monroe, Milan, and Dexter. Local care can include University of Michigan Health, Trinity Health Ann Arbor, and regional rehabilitation providers. Potential court records include Washtenaw County Trial Court, Ann Arbor district courts, Monroe County courts, and federal court may be involved depending on the defendants, although venue and the proper parties must be verified for the actual claim.
The file should distinguish the hazard, who possessed or controlled the exact area, how long the condition existed, inspections or complaints, any lease or service contract, comparative-fault evidence, and the injury sequence. We move quickly on AAPD, Washtenaw County, campus-area, business-video, medical-record, and insurer evidence before it becomes harder to obtain.
Campus-adjacent walkways, downtown businesses, parking structures, apartments, university facilities, construction zones, and winter routes can cross city, university, landlord, and contractor control. Likely images include campus facilities, city parking systems, TheRide vehicles, downtown businesses, hospitals, apartments, residences, bicycles, and vehicles; this page does not claim any camera captured the event.
Premises liability, landlord duties, contractor negligence, public-property rules, comparative fault, and damages can be separate issues across Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Chelsea, Plymouth, Canton, Monroe, Milan, and Dexter.
Sources checked Michigan Supreme Court: Kandil-Elsayed premises-liability opinion Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.139 landlord duties Michigan Legislature: MCL 600.2959 comparative fault Ann Arbor public-records request Washtenaw County Animal Control · Checked August 11, 2026
Premises liability, landlord duties, contractor negligence, public-property rules, comparative fault, insurance, and damages are separate issues. A fall, report, photograph, repair, or visible hazard does not automatically prove any one path.
The condition, possessory control, creation or notice, inspections, contracts, response, Kandil-Elsayed breach analysis, and comparative fault require location-specific proof.
Residential common-area duties, maintenance or snow contracts, and governmental immunity or notice apply only when the property, defendant, agreement, and statutory facts support them.
Treatment, prior health, fracture, surgery, head or spine injury, work loss, assistance, function, liens, and future needs must be connected to the fall without promising outcome or value.
Answer five short questions to organize the timing, harm, possible claims, evidence risk, and current status. There is no sign-up and no dollar estimate. Your answers are included only if you submit the free case review below. The result is general information, not legal advice.
Question 1 of 5
Michigan fall claims still require proof of duty, possession or control, breach, notice or creation of the condition, causation, damages, and comparative fault. Landlord, contractor, snow or ice, and public-property issues need their own facts.
Michigan premises duty is no longer eliminated by the open-and-obvious doctrine in the old way; the condition can still matter to breach and comparative fault, while control, notice, causation, and damages remain essential.
MCL 554.139 can apply to fit-premises, reasonable-repair, and common-area issues when the lease, location, defendant, and facts support it.
Governmental immunity, the exact statutory exception, agency identity, written notice, forum, comparative fault, and general injury timing can use separate requirements.
Record the precise location, date and time, movement or activity, condition or animal, people present, report, photographs, witnesses, care, and insurer contact while memory and evidence are fresh.
Scene photographs, measurements, footwear, clothing, weather, and witness observations: The injured person, witnesses, responders, nearby occupants, and campus facilities, city parking systems, TheRide vehicles, downtown businesses, hospitals, apartments, residences, bicycles, and vehicles Incident report, surveillance, inspection, cleaning, maintenance, repair, complaint, and prior-condition records: Ann Arbor Police, city FOIA staff, U-M departments, Washtenaw County, the DDA, property owners, and private operators may preserve different materials. Likely video sources include campus facilities, city parking systems, TheRide vehicles, downtown businesses, hospitals, apartments, residences, bicycles, and vehicles. Deed, lease, management agreement, vendor contract, work order, and public-agency control file: Owners, tenants, landlords, property managers, snow or maintenance contractors, public bodies, and Washtenaw County records EMS, hospital, specialist, rehabilitation, wage, and daily-function proof: University of Michigan Health, Trinity Health Ann Arbor, and regional rehabilitation providers; later treating providers, employers, family members, and the injured person
A fall on someone else’s property does not automatically prove negligence, notice, control, or damages. Kandil-Elsayed changed open-and-obvious analysis, but it does not guarantee recovery or eliminate comparative-fault, breach, causation, immunity, or notice issues.
Apply the correct Michigan law to the verified Ann Arbor facts, parties, policies, public actors, medical proof, work or daily effects, liens, and claim-specific deadlines before any release.
Actual review excerpts discussing a slip and fall, an injury on private property, and an injury case involving a landlord. Each premises claim still depends on notice, control, and proof.
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