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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


CYNTHIA AARON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Defendant and ROSATI MASON CONTRACTORS, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

UNPUBLISHED November 1, 2005

No. 261297 Wayne Circuit Court LC No. 03-315044-NO

Before: Zahra, P.J., and Cavanagh and Owens, JJ. PER CURIAM. Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendant Rosati Mason Contractors, LLC. We reverse and remand. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). Plaintiff was an ironworker for Exterior Wall Specialists, a subcontractor on a construction site. Plaintiff and other workers were leaving their work area through a designated exit when plaintiff encountered construction debris, including a large ball of yellow caution tape. Employees of defendant Rosati were working on scaffold above the area. Plaintiff tried to kick the tape out of the way, but her boot became entangled, and she fell to the ground sustaining a knee injury. Plaintiff sued Walsh, one of two general contractors, and Rosati, a subcontractor. Plaintiff alleged that both Walsh and Rosati breached their duty to guard against readily observable and avoidable dangers

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