Wymer v. Holmes

We granted leave to determine the applicability of Michigan’s recreational land use statute, MCL 300.201; MSA 13.1485, where the plaintiffs in these cases were social guests invited to the respective defendant-landowners’ residential homes to engage in recreation other than the activities which resulted in their injuries. In both cases, the plaintiffs were either injured or died while swimming at the property of the residential landowners.

The true issue is whether the property on which the injuries occurred was of the type intended to be covered by the recreational land use act. We hold that…