Duncan v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff sued to recover damages allegedly caused by negligent diagnosis and treatment of a scalp laceration at Detroit General Hospital. Upon defendant’s motion, summary judgment was granted for defendant on the basis of governmental immunity. MCLA 691.1407; MSA 3.996(107).

That governmental immunity statute provides:

"Sec. 7. Except as in this act otherwise provided, all governmental agencies shall be immune from tort liability in all cases wherein the government agency is engaged in the exercise or discharge of a governmental function. Except as otherwise provided herein, this act shall not…