Landlord-Tenant Premises Fitness Covenant (MCL 554.139)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-20 — Bowerman v Red Oak Management Co, Inc: Michigan Supreme Court in Bowerman v Red Oak Management held that a genuine issue of material fact existed on whether the landlord breached its MCL 554.139(1)(a) covenant to keep common areas fit for their intended use (unmarked trench hazard), reversing the Court of Appeals’ contrary as-a-matter-of-law ruling; the Court also found a fact question on the contractor’s common-law ordinary-negligence duty. (novelty: 3)