Harris v. Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority

Plaintiff appeals from the summary disposition order entered by the Kent Circuit Court granting defendants’ motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) and dismissing plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

Plaintiff sought damages for a personal injury she allegedly sustained as a result of a fall down the steps of a bus owned by defendant Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority (grata) and operated by its employee Doe. Specifically, plaintiff contended that, as she was alighting from GRATA Bus No. 67, she slipped on a plastic bag and…