KRESKI v. MODERN WHOLESALE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.

Docket Nos. 78598, 78599, 78640, (Calendar Nos. 3-4).

429 Mich. 347 (1987)

415 N.W.2d 178

KRESKI v. MODERN WHOLESALE ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY REETZ v. TIPIT, INCORPORATED

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C. (by Theodore Sachs, Barry P. Waldman, George H. Kruszewski, and William E. Maxwell, Jr.), for plaintiff Kreski.

Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, P.C. (by Michael F. Schmidt and Maurice A. Borden), for plaintiff Reetz.

Mellon & McCarthy, P.C. (by Daniel J. McCarthy and Steve J. Weiss), for defendants Modern Wholesale Electric Supply Co., and Weinstein.

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by James K. Robinson and Frederick M. Baker, Jr.) and Walter S. Schwartz for defendant Detroit Edison Company.

Holahan, Malloy, Maybaugh & Monnich, P.C. (by J. Michael Malloy, III, and Mary Jo Diegel), for defendant Tipit, Inc.

Amici Curiae:

Brandt, Hanlon, Becker, Lanctot, McCutcheon, Martin & Schoolmaster (by Charles T. McCutcheon, Jr.); (Gromek, Bendure & Thomas, by Carl L. Gromek and Nancy L. Bosh, of counsel) for Auto Club Group Insurance Company.

Mulholland & Hickey (by Thomas A. Woodley and Gregory K. McGillivary) and Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C. (by Ronald R. Helveston), for International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, CLC.

Smith, Haughey, Rice & Roegge (by Susan J. Bradley) for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.

Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C. (by Ronald R. Helveston and Alison L. Paton), for Michigan State Fire Fighters Union.


Decided November 13, 1987. Rehearing denied in Kreski, post, 1215.

RILEY, C.J.

These consolidated cases present an issue of first impression in Michigan. We are asked to adopt the so-called fireman's rule which precludes fire fighters and police officers from recovering damages for injuries arising out of the risks inherent in their respective professions. We are persuaded that the policy rationales underlying the rule are sound and practical, and thus, adopt...

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