Todd v. Department of Corrections

Third-party defendant Michigan Department of Corrections (doc) appeals as of right from the orders granting the motion of third-party plaintiff Charles Todd to file a third-party complaint, and subsequent orders 1 entered pertaining to the third-party complaint. We reverse the court’s order granting third-party plaintiff’s motion to file a third-party complaint and vacate the subsequent related orders.

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Plaintiff’s decedent, an inmate at the Brooks Correctional Facility, drowned while assigned to a work crew supervised by Todd. Plaintiff filed a suit for damages against the doc in the Court of…