Blackman v. Cooper

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant, a police officer, claiming personal injuries in the police station after his arrest for a traffic violation.

Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment and then an amended motion for summary judgment, the gist of which is that defendant police officer is immune from tort liability under the Michigan statutes which reinstated such immunity. Although accompanied by defendant’s affidavit, the amended motion is, by its terms, brought under GCR 1963, 117.2(1). Plaintiff’s response to the motion asserted that the governmental immu nity applied only to…