Hall v. Detroit Board of Education

Plaintiff appeals as of right the order granting summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) and (10) in favor of defendants on the basis of governmental immunity. Plaintiff filed suit after she allegedly slipped and fell on ice while walking from the Harding school grounds to an immediately adjacent sidewalk. We affirm.

Plaintiff first argues that the trial court erred in holding that the public building exception to governmental immunity, MCL 691.1406; MSA 3.996(106), does not apply where a dangerous condition (ice) exists on school grounds adjacent to a public school building.

The broad…