Skinner v. Square D Co.

Plaintiffs, representatives for the decedent Chester W. Skinner, appeal from the Court of Appeals decision affirming the trial court’s grant of the defendant’s motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10). 195 Mich App 664; 491 NW2d 648 (1992). This Court granted plaintiffs’ application for leave to appeal, limited to the following questions:(1) whether the trial court erroneously determined that there were no genuine issues of material fact and that as a matter of law defendants’ switch could not have caused decedent’s death, thus entitling defendants to a grant of summary…