CARR v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 14297.

48 Mich. App. 150 (1973)

210 N.W.2d 143

CARR v. CITY OF DETROIT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zeff & Zeff (Edward Grebs and Fergus Markle, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Lehman, Seward & Cooper, P.C. (by Ronald C. Winiemko), for defendant.

Before: BRONSON, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and VAN VALKENBURG, JJ.


Leave to appeal applied for.

R.B. BURNS, J.

A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff against the defendant for $450,000. Defendant appeals the judgment and we affirm.

Plaintiff was sentenced to serve 30 days in the Detroit House of Correction for a traffic violation. He was assigned to the job of removing ashes from the pit in the boiler room.

On November 11, 1965, the plaintiff and another inmate went into the pit to remove ashes. While...

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