Lash v. City of Traverse City

735 N.W.2d 628 (2007)

Joseph LASH, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

CITY OF TRAVERSE CITY, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 131632 (Calendar No. 3).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued March 6, 2007.

Decided July 18, 2007.

Law Office of Glen N. Lenhoff (by Glen N. Lenhoff, Michael E. Freifeld, and Robert D. Kent-Bryant), Flint, for the plaintiff.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Mary Massaron Ross and Gretchen L. Olsen), Detroit, for the defendant.

Garan Lucow Miller, P.C. (by Rosalind Rochkind), Detroit, for Michigan Municipal League, amicus curiae.

OPINION

YOUNG, J.

At issue in this case is the proper construction of MCL…