Vermilya v. Carter Crompton Site Development Contractors, Inc

Plaintiff, Harlan Vermilya, as conservator for Matthew Vermilya, a minor, appeals from an order of the Bay Circuit Court granting defendant summary disposition and dismissing plaintiff’s products liability action against defendant. We reverse and remand.

Matthew Vermilya was a sixth-grade student at Kolb Middle School in Bay County, Michigan, when he was injured while on the school’s playground when a portable soccer goal fell on him. The goal was allegedly manufactured by defendant. Plaintiff filed suit in the Bay Circuit Court against Kolb Middle School, and later moved to add as defendants…