Taggie v. Department of Natural Resources

Plaintiff Jo Anne Taggie was rendered a permanent paraplegic when she was struck by falling rocks in Tahquamenon State Park on July 4, 1975. She and her husband, plaintiff Ben Taggie, filed a complaint and eventually an amended and second amended complaint seeking to impose liability for her injury on the Department of Natural Resources under several theories. None of the complaints have been answered. Instead, the defendant interposed the defense of governmental immunity. The Court of Claims dismissed the suit on that basis. We reverse.

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The Court of Claims had initially refused to dismiss…