Ostoin v. Waterford Township Police Department

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from an order denying in part his request for pretrial discovery of certain of defendant’s records and documents. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiff’s decedent was struck on the head with a baseball bat during a robbery. Four Waterford Township police officers, including Officer J. Humbaugh, were summoned and discovered the decedent wandering and disoriented. Apparently believing that he was intoxicated, the officers did not take the decedent into protective custody or seek medical treatment for him, but instead returned him to his apartment,…