Kachadoorian v. Great Lakes Steel Corp.

Shepherd, P.J.,

On April 3, 1986, plaintiff filed a wrongful death complaint against her late husband’s employer, defendant Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Plaintiff’s husband died as a result of extensive burns he received when a two-hundred-fifty-ton vessel containing molten steel overflowed while the decedent was working underneath the vessel while the steel was undergoing a process called "blowing.” Defendant moved for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(4), (7) and (8). The court granted the motion, concluding that plaintiff had failed to state a cause of .action.

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