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WATSON v. AQUINAS COLLEGE

Docket Nos. 77-2534, 77-2618.

83 Mich. App. 192 (1978)

268 N.W.2d 342

WATSON v. AQUINAS COLLEGE

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warner, Norcross & Judd (by Thomas J. McNamara and Gary P. Toth), for plaintiff Ronald Watson.

Smith, Haughey, Rice & Roegge (by Lance R. Mather), for defendant Aquinas College.

Hillman, Baxter & Hammond (by Joel E. Krissoff and Michael D. Wade), for defendants Engineered Protection Systems, Inc., and California Union Insurance Company.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and D.C. RILEY, JJ.

R.B. BURNS, P.J.

The issue presented in this case in whether the Private Security Guard Act of 1968, MCL 338.1051 et seq.; MSA 18.185(1) et seq., imposes vicarious liability upon a security guard agency or its insurer for damages caused by the wrongful act of an agency security guard where the act was not within the scope of the agency's business. We hold that it does not.

Security guards Reitz and Smith deliberately set fire to the Aquinas College...

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