Smith v. Mirror Lite Co.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an April 17, 1990, order denying summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) and (8). Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, her employer, alleging that, as a result of defendant’s intentional and wilful misconduct, she suffered the loss of the ring and small fingers of both hands while operating a punch press at her place of employment. On appeal, defendant claims that the trial court erred in denying its motion for summary disposition because (1) the facts alleged by plaintiff are not sufficient to constitute an intentional tort, and (2) the…