Maskery v. University of Michigan Board of Regents

We granted leave to appeal to consider whether a continuously locked residence hall at a public university was “open for use by members of *611the public” under the public-building exception to governmental immunity, MCL 691.1406. We hold that the residence hall was not “open for use by members of the public.” We thus reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the trial court’s order granting summary disposition for defendant.

I. UNDERLYING FACTS AND PROCEDURAL POSTURE

Plaintiff’s1 daughter, a college student, resided at the Betsy Barbour Residence Hall on the University of…