Bivens v. City of Grand Rapids

Third-party plaintiff City of Grand Rapids appeals as of right from an order of the circuit court granting summary disposition to third-party defendant Kent Country Club pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). We affirm.

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The initial complaint was filed on behalf of Tara Bivens by Barbara Bivens, her mother and next friend, who asserted that her daughter sustained injuries resulting from having been thrown from her bicycle when the front tire hit a raised portion of a sidewalk abutting the club’s property. She sued both parties now on appeal, jointly and severally, alleging that each owed a duty to…