Syrowik v. City of Detroit

Following a jury trial in Wayne County Circuit Court which resulted in a verdict of no cause of action, the trial court entered a judgment in favor of defendants. On September 30, 1981, the trial court denied plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. Plaintiffs appeal as of right alleging, inter alia, that the trial court erred in holding that the recreational land users act, MCL 300.201; MSA 13.1485, was applicable to plaintiffs’ claim.

On February 10, 1974, plaintiff Linda Syrowik, then 13 years old, fractured her left hip while tobogganing on Derby Hill in Dorias Playfield. Dorias Playfield is…