WATSON v. QUARLES

Docket No. 75123.

146 Mich. App. 759 (1985)

381 N.W.2d 811

WATSON v. QUARLES

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich, Rosen & Bartnick (by Richard E. Shaw), for plaintiffs.

Donald Pailen, Corporation Counsel, and Sharon Polackmow, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendants.

Before: WAHLS, P.J., and SHEPHERD and E.A. QUINNELL, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The question in this case is whether appellants, three City of Detroit police officers, are immune from tort liability for damages caused by their negligence in effecting the arrest of plaintiff Norman Watson. We conclude that the officers are not immune and, therefore, judgment in favor of plaintiffs was proper.

On November 7, 1979, Officer Anthony Quarles shot Watson in the leg. Plaintiffs commenced an action against Quarles and the city, alleging...

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