Legal Opinion
Boulton v. Fenton Township
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 17, 2007No. Docket 258094PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court’s order granting summary disposition. In this case, a sheriffs deputy was injured when he was struck by a government-owned vehicle as it arrived at the scene of a one-car accident. The primary issue is whether MCL 600.2966, the codified firefighters’ rule, bars recovery when an injury occurs in the normal, inherent, and foreseeable performance of a police officer’s duties and is caused by the negligent operation of a government vehicle. We hold that it does.
I. BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURE
Plaintiff is a Genesee County sheriffs deputy who was struck by…
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