PERRY v. KALAMAZOO STATE HOSP.

Docket No. 59129, (Calendar No. 15).

404 Mich. 205 (1978)

273 N.W.2d 421

PERRY v. KALAMAZOO STATE HOSPITAL

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fieger, Golden & Cousens for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Norbert C. Jaworski and Jann Ryan Baugh, Assistants Attorney General, for defendant.


Decided December 27, 1978. Rehearing denied 406 Mich. 1118.

RYAN, J.

We are asked in this case to decide whether the operation of the Kalamazoo State Hospital constitutes the exercise or discharge of a governmental function for purposes of the statutory grant of immunity to the state from tort liability found in MCL 691.1407; MSA 3.996(107). We hold that it does and affirm the trial court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment.

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