Citizens Insurance v. Bloomfield Township

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order of the Oakland Circuit Court granting defendant Bloomfield Township’s (hereafter, defendant will be used to refer solely to Bloomfield Township) motion for summary disposition. We reverse.

On May 2, 1989, Hillside Furniture, Inc., suffered water damage when a sprinkler system pipe burst because of a pressure surge. The pressure surge resulted when an unknown vehicle struck a fire hydrant located near the shopping center area where Hillside Furniture was located. Plaintiff Citizens Insurance Company was Hillside Furniture’s property insurer and it…