Garcia v. City of Jackson

152 Mich. App. 254 (1986)

393 N.W.2d 599

GARCIA

v.

CITY OF JACKSON

Docket No. 84513.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 2, 1986.

Jan Paul Benedict and Mark L. Light, for plaintiffs.

Stanton, Bullen, Nelson, Moilanen & Klaasen, P.C. (by Charles A. Nelson), for defendant.

Before: BRONSON, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and R.C. KAUFMAN,[*] JJ.

R.B. BURNS, J.

This action arises out of the drowning of Javier Garcia in the Grand River near the Holton Dam located in the City of Jackson. The dam was built in the 1800s and was modified to its present configuration in the mid-1930s. The modifications included a "box…