Harris v. Vailliencourt

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order by the Oakland Circuit Court granting summary disposition to defendants which barred plaintiff’s claim under Michigan’s recreational land use act, MCL 300.201; MSA 13.1485. We reverse.

After drinking, plaintiff and some friends decided to go swimming at Walled Lake in the early morning hours of July 13, 1983. Plaintiff repeatedly stated that he wanted to dive into the lake, but his friends told him that the lake was too shallow to dive into. Upon arriving at the lake, one of plaintiff’s friends, Anita Hernandez, entered the water from a dock across…