Gianotta v. Holderid

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order of the circuit court dismissing the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The circuit court also dismissed, on the same grounds, an essentially identical action which had been brought in the Court of Claims, but joined with the circuit court action pursuant to an order dated September 24, 1982.

The individual defendants in this case are named and unnamed employees of the State of Michigan, which has defended this cause in their behalf. Plaintiffs complaint is predicated upon the alleged tortious conduct of the defendants in exercising the…