Genesee Merchants Bank & Trust Co. v. Payne

(for reversal). This case is here on appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeals, which reversed the judgment of the trial court in favor of plaintiff. 6 Mich App 204.

Plaintiff filed a complaint in the circuit court of Genesee county seeking to recover for personal injuries suffered by its ward, Mary Ann Blaisdell, a slightly retarded 6-year-old child, while on defendants’ premises.

Defendants Payne agreed to care for Mary Ann and the other Blaisdell children while their mother and father visited another child in the hospital. De fendants drove the Blaisdell children to the Payne residence…