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Missouri slip and fall law: pure comparative fault, Massachusetts Rule (no duty for natural ice/snow), open-and-obvious doctrine, 5-year SOL, 90-day city notice requirement.
Mississippi slip and fall law: pure comparative negligence, open-and-obvious abolished as a bar (Tharp v. Bunge), 3-year SOL, 90-day government notice deadline, and $1M non-economic cap.
Minnesota slip and fall law: 6-yr SOL, modified-51 fault rule, no natural-accumulation bar, 180-day govt notice deadline. What you must prove to win.
Michigan slip and fall law guide: Kandil-Elsayed 2023 abolished open-and-obvious as a duty bar, natural-accumulation duty, hybrid modified-50 rule, 3-year SOL, 120-day government notice.
Massachusetts slip and fall law: modified comparative fault (51% bar), open-and-obvious doctrine, no natural-accumulation rule for ice/snow, 3-year SOL, 2-year gov notice.
Maryland slip and fall law: pure contributory negligence bars all recovery for even 1% fault, open-and-obvious is an absolute duty bar, 3-year SOL, 1-year government notice.
Maine slip and fall law: 6-year SOL, modified-50 comparative fault, no open-and-obvious bar, no natural-accumulation shield, 365-day government notice deadline.
Louisiana slip and fall law: La. R.S. 9:2800.6 merchant notice rule, modified 51% comparative fault (eff. 2026), 2-year SOL, Farrell open-and-obvious doctrine, and no pre-suit government notice.
Kentucky slip and fall law: 1-year deadline (KRS 413.140), pure comparative fault, no open-and-obvious bar (Shelton 2013), and no natural-accumulation rule (Carter 2015).
Kansas slip and fall law guide: reasonable-care standard, open-and-obvious comparative factor, winter storm doctrine, 2-year SOL, K.S.A. 12-105b municipal notice, modified-50 fault rule.
Iowa slip and fall law: unified reasonable-care duty (Koenig 2009), open-and-obvious comparative, no natural-accumulation immunity, 2-year SOL, no government notice deadline.
Indiana slip and fall law guide: invitee duty, open-and-obvious as comparative fault, no natural-accumulation bar, 2-year SOL, 180/270-day Tort Claims Act notice.