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EARLE v. COLONIAL THEATRE CO.

Docket Nos. 30195, 30196.

82 Mich. App. 54 (1978)

266 N.W.2d 466

EARLE v. COLONIAL THEATRE COMPANY EARLE v. MIDWEST THEATERS COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

August, Thompson, Sherr & Miller, P.C. (by Paul D. Sherr and Ellen J. Alter), for plaintiff.

Seth H. Barsky and Faintuck, Shwedel, Roether, Wolfram, McDonald & Zipser, for defendants.

Before: D.F. WALSH, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and BEASLEY, JJ.

BEASLEY, J.

On August 23, 1972, while a patron in the now closed Colonial Theatre on the edge of downtown Detroit, plaintiff was shot in the right ear in an unprovoked attack by a stranger.1 Although suffering serious injury and loss of hearing in one ear, plaintiff recovered and sued defendant for damages, claiming defendant did not exercise reasonable care for his safety. Specifically, plaintiff offered evidence of previous criminal...

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