Wing v. City of Detroit

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the circuit court’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary disposition. We affirm and hold that plaintiffs’ action is precluded by governmental immunity.

The parties agree in their briefs that plaintiff Gisele Wing was injured when she fell on the main walkway, also known as the Elephant Walk, of the Detroit Zoo. Plaintiffs argue on appeal that the public building exception to governmental immunity should apply in this case because Mrs. Wing fell on a section of the walkway "adjacent to” the Penguin House. Defendants do not dispute that operation of the zoo…