Hatch v. Grand Haven Township

I depart from the majority’s analysis and bold conclusion that “a bicycle path is simply not a sidewalk.” Ante at 465. Instead, I believe that the Court of Appeals arrived at a reasonable conclusion and properly applied the definition of “sidewalk” used in Stabley v Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Park Authority, 228 Mich App 363; 579 NW2d 374 (1998). Accordingly, I adopt the following portion of the Court of Appeals opinion:

The highway exception is a narrowly drawn exception to the broad grant of immunity for governmental units. Scheurman v Dep’t of Transportation, 434 Mich 619, 630; 456 NW2d 66…