Williams v. Primary School District 3

Plaintiffs brought action for claim of wrongful death of their six-year-old daughter, a student at defendant school, occurring May 14, 1964, during a recess period while she was using a a so-called “Giant Stride”, one of the playground pieces of equipment situated on defendant’s premises.

Defendant made a motion for a summary judgment under GCR 1963, 117 claiming there was no genuine issue as to any material fact and that defendant was a primary school district and an agency of the State of Michigan and as such was clothed with immunity from liability for ordinary torts committed in its…