Tarlea v. Crabtree

Defendants-appellants Jack Crabtree, Mike Price, and Randy Dunny 1 appeal a trial court order that denied their motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) on the basis of governmental immunity. We reverse, enter judgment in favor of defendants, and dismiss plaintiffs’ claims against defendants.

I. OVERVIEW OF THE CASE

This appeal poses the question whether defendants, high school coaches, are responsible in tort, or are immune from suit, for the unexpected and tragic death of one of forty-one high school football players who attended a three-day, preseason football conditioning…