Cypret v. Lea

Plaintiffs appeal following the entry of orders of summary disposition in favor of defendants on plaintiffs’ wrongful death claims. The orders of summary disposition were certified as final judgments pursuant to MCR 2.604(A). We reverse.

On July 24, 1983, a group of young people, including plaintiffs’ decedents, had gathered at a gravel pit known as the Barnes Road Gravel Pit, located in an area bordered by Barnes, Toles, Arch, and Waverly Roads in Eaton County. The pit was relatively isolated in that it was one-third to one-half miles from the roads, but three unimproved, unnamed roads led…