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THORNTON v. CITY OF FLINT

Docket No. 10775.

39 Mich. App. 260 (1972)

197 N.W.2d 485

THORNTON v. CITY OF FLINT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 22, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leitson, Dean, Dean, Segar & Hart, P.C., for plaintiff.

Robert E. Weiss, City Attorney, and Edward H. Devoe, Assistant City Attorney, for defendant.

Before: LESINSKI, C.J., and McGREGOR and QUINN, JJ.

LESINSKI, C.J.

Plaintiff Robert Lee Thornton brought this action for damages against defendant Flint, a municipal corporation, for its negligence in failing to take proper precautions to insure his safety when he was incarcerated in defendant's jail during July, 1968. Both before and during plaintiff's jailing, defendant had allegedly been given notice that plaintiff was a chronic alcoholic with a past history of suffering...

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