Jubenville v. West End Cartage, Inc

Plaintiffs appeal from orders of summary disposition granted to defendant by Wayne Circuit Judge Richard Kaufman, and we affirm.

This action stems from an accident which occurred at the Ford Motor Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan (Wayne Assembly Plant) on August 31, 1981. On that date, plaintiff Lawrence Jubenville (plaintiff) was employed as a switch tractor operator, or truck driver, by Transportation Services, Inc (tsi). Plaintiffs job was to move trailers by way of TSi-owned switch tractors from one place to another within the confines of the Wayne Assembly Plant. Because the switch…