White v. City of Vassar

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the order entered in circuit court granting defen dant City of Vassar’s motion for a directed verdict on the basis that plaintiffs claim against the city was barred by governmental immunity. Defendant police officer Gary Churcott appeals as of right from the judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of plaintiff for $17,000 in damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff as a result of an alleged battery committed by Churcott. The appeals were consolidated. We affirm as to each.

The events out of which these actions arose occurred on July 3, 1982, when…