Ballard v. Ypsilanti Township

We granted leave to appeal in this case to determine the effect of the recreational land use act (RUA), MCL 300.201; MSA 13.1485, on the governmental tort liability act (gtla), MCL 691.1407(1); MSA 3.996(107)(1). The plaintiffs’ decedents drowned while wading in a man-made lake in a township park.

*566Specifically, we are asked to decide if the recreational land use act creates an exception to the governmental immunity created by the GTLA. We hold that the act was not intended to waive the state’s immunity from liability and does not create an exception to governmental immunity. Therefore, we…