Lompre v. Venetjoki

Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting summary judgment under GCR 1963, 117.2(1) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We reverse.

Plaintiff Robert Louis Lompre first brought a wrongful death action against defendants in March, 1974. The trial court granted summary judgment for defendants and this Court affirmed, Lompre v Venetjoki, 63 Mich App 265; 234 NW2d 664 (1975), because Robert Louis Lompre, as special administrator of Noah Lompre, a disappeared person, MCLA 705.29; MSA 27.3178(349), did not have authority to bring an action under the wrongful death statute,…