Legal Opinion
Kootsillas v. City of Riverview
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided December 15, 1995No. Docket 157069PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMichael J. Kelly, P.J.
Defendant and third-party plaintiff, Francis Kootsillas, appeals as of right and third-party defendant, City of Riverview, cross appeals from a Wayne Circuit Court order of September 22, 1992, granting the city’s motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We reverse.
The circuit court found that the city was a governmental agency engaged in the exercise of a governmental function embracing the activities of the garbage dump landfill in question. The trial court did, however, find that the city operated its garbage dump for profit. This conclusion was fully supported by the…
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