Blase v. Appicelli

Plaintiff appeals as of right a circuit court order granting summary disposition to defendant pursuant to MCR 2.116(0(10). Plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in dismissing his claims of false arrest, malicious prosecution, and assault and battery. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

This case arises from an incident that occurred on May 29, 1985, at Tiger Stadium. Plaintiff and his wife attended a baseball game with two friends, Bill Mitchell and Bill McGraw. Two men who sat directly behind the Biases were loud, boisterous, and obnoxious. The men allegedly threw small bits of…