Scott v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff appeals from orders of the Wayne County Circuit Court which granted summary judgment in favor of the City of Detroit (City) on February 4, 1977, and which granted summary judgment in favor of Employers Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin (Employers) on November 3, 1977. The case is before this Court by leave granted.

On August 18, 1971, while plaintiff was working in the shaft area of an underground tunnel project, a number of steel pipes rolled off a flatcar, striking and injuring him. The flatcar in question did not have any siderails, its purpose being to transport pipe and…