Richardson v. Jackson County

Defendants Jackson County, Board of Park Trustees of Jackson County, and Summit Township appeal by leave granted from an order of the Jackson Circuit Court, which denied their motions for accelerated judgment. Defendants assert that they were entitled to accelerated judgment because they are immune from plaintiff Richardson’s tort claim under the doctrine of governmental immunity. The court concluded, as is argued by plaintiff, that defendants’ governmental immunity was abrogated by the defendants’ ultra vires act of operating a park swimming area contrary to law.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Louis…