Rouse v. State

Ernest Rouse, Jr., a resident of the Michigan School for the Deaf in Flint, Michigan, by his next friend, Ernest Rouse, sued the State of Michigan, alleging that he was assaulted by two fellow students who shared his dormitory room at the School for the Deaf. Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent in placing plaintiff in the same room with the two students who allegedly assaulted him and in failing to supervise and control those students.

Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment under GCR 1963, 117, contending that plaintiff’s claim is barred by the principle of governmental…