Rhodes v. United Jewish Charities of Detroit

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order of the Wayne Circuit Court granting defendants’ motions for summary disposition. We reverse and remand for trial.

Plaintiff alleges she was assaulted by defendant Anthony King in a fenced and guarded parking lot owned by defendant United Jewish Charities of Detroit (ujc). Ujc owns the building east of the parking lot and leases space in the building to defendant Jewish Vocational Services and Community Workshop (jvs) and Michigan Rehabilitation Services, plaintiff’s employer. By its lease agreement, ujc required jvs to provide guard service for the…