Detroit Fire Fighters Ass'n v. City of Detroit

The majority concludes that plaintiffs lack standing to bring this *135action and that the mayor was not required to spend the money appropriated for hiring additional fire fighters. I disagree.

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The majority finds that plaintiffs lack standing, because their damages are no different from those of the citizenry at large. See House Speaker v State Administrative Bd, 441 Mich 547, 554; 495 NW2d 539 (1993), citing Alexander v Norton Shores, 106 Mich App 287, 288; 307 NW2d 476 (1981). They conclude that the fire fighters’ increased chance of physical injury is not unlike the general public’s increased…