Woods v. City of Warren

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order of the Macomb Circuit Court granting summary disposition to defendant pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) on the ground that the "fireman’s rule” precludes plaintiffs’ cause of action. We reverse.

The facts are not in dispute and are succinctly stated in the trial court’s opinion:

On February 2, 1986 at approximately 2:50 a.m., the Plaintiff, Charles Woods, was employed as a police officer for the City of Center Line. Plaintiff was on a regular patrol when he received a radio dispatch that a stolen car was in his vicinity. After spotting the stolen vehicle,…