White v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a lower court order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition on the basis of governmental immunity. We affirm.

Plaintiff was a tenant at the Parkside Projects, which is a low-income public housing facility owned and operated by defendant City of Detroit. On July 18, 1988, plaintiff injured his hip when he stepped into a hole in a brick patio located within the projects. The trial court granted summary disposition to defendant after finding that the patio did not fall within the public building exception to governmental immunity, MCL 691.1406; MSA…