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REARDON v. MENTAL HEALTH DEP'T

Docket No. 88192.

157 Mich. App. 505 (1987)

403 N.W.2d 582

REARDON v. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Ford, for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and George L. McCargar and Thomas R. Wheeker, Assistant Attorneys General, for defendant.

Before: SULLIVAN, P.J., and SHEPHERD and R.M. SHUSTER, JJ.

SHEPHERD, J.

Plaintiff brought suit against the state for a sexual assault she suffered while staying in a dormitory operated by the Michigan Department of Mental Health. Defendant moved for summary judgment, which the Court of Claims denied. Following a trial, the court awarded plaintiff a verdict of $500,000. Defendant appeals on the grounds of governmental immunity and excessiveness of the verdict. We affirm. We find the dangerous or defective building exception...

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