VanStrien v. City of Grand Rapids

200 Mich. App. 56 (1993)

504 N.W.2d 13

VanSTRIEN

v.

CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS

Docket No. 145930.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Submitted April 1, 1993, at Grand Rapids.

Decided June 7, 1993, at 9:45 A.M.

Linsey, Strain & Worsfold, P.C. (by William D. Howard), for the plaintiffs.

Philip A. Balkema, City Attorney, and James L. Moore, Assistant City Attorney, for the defendant.

Before: MICHAEL J. KELLY, P.J., and WEAVER and D.E. SHELTON,[*] JJ.

MICHAEL J. KELLY, P.J.

On January 11, 1990, plaintiff Lorraine VanStrien stepped on a manhole while walking on a public sidewalk located in the City of Grand Rapids. As she…