Pichette v. Manistique Public Schools

Jeffrey Pichette, a 12-year-old, was injured on July 17, 1971, when he went down a slide on a playground of one of defendant’s schools. The playground was unsupervised and unfenced, and the slide was in a state of disrepair.

Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Manistique Public Schools in circuit court seeking damages. The trial court granted the Manistique Public Schools’ motion for summary judgment, grounded *275on governmental immunity. The Court of Appeals affirmed.

Plaintiffs raise three issues on appeal:

1) Whether the operation of a playground by a school district during the summer recess…