Herman v. City of Detroit

FER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an order denying its motion for summary disposition, brought pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7), (8), and (10), in this wrongful death action. We reverse.

Plaintiffs decedent, an electrician employed by defendant for twenty years, was killed on October 15, 1999, when he was struck by an arc of electricity at the Mistersky Power Plant. Plaintiff, decedent’s widow, filed suit as personal representative of his estate. Defendant asserts that the trial court erred in finding that the operation of the public lighting department constituted a proprietary…