Valcaniant v. Detroit Edison Co.

We granted leave to appeal to consider whether Detroit Edison Company owed plaintiff1 a legal duty to de-energize an overhead power line that was severed by equipment being operated under plaintiffs direction. Relying on Groncki v Detroit Edison Co, 453 Mich 644; 557 NW2d 289 (1996), the Court of Appeals held that Edison had no reason to foresee plaintiffs injury because it had no reason to foresee that plaintiff *84was the cause of the fault and, as a result, did not owe a legal duty to plaintiff.2 We affirm.

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In 1974, plaintiff purchased a four-acre gravel lot in Imlay City; in 1987, he opened…