Pew v. Michigan State University

Plaintiff, Alexandra Pew, appeals as of right the trial court’s order granting summary disposition on governmental immunity grounds in favor of defendant, Michigan State University (the University), under MCR 2.116(C)(7). Pew fell through a sixth-story window at Case Hall on the University’s campus. The trial court held that the public-building exception to governmental immunity did not apply because Case Hall was not a public building when Pew was injured. We affirm.

I. FACTS

A. BACKGROUND FACTS

At around 3:00 a.m. on March 25,2012, Pew, who was then a high school student, and her friends Kevin…