WING v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 103982.

178 Mich. App. 628 (1989)

444 N.W.2d 539

WING v. CITY OF DETROIT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bloom, Prahler & Kavanaugh (by James M. Prahler), and Mark R. Granzotto, for plaintiffs.

Donald Pailen, Corporation Counsel, and Brenda E. Braceful and Linda D. Fegins, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendants.

Before: GRIBBS, P.J., and HOLBROOK, JR., and REILLY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the circuit court's grant of defendants' motion for summary disposition. We affirm and hold that plaintiffs' action is precluded by governmental immunity.

The parties agree in their briefs that plaintiff Gisele Wing was injured when she fell on the main walkway, also known as the Elephant Walk, of the Detroit Zoo. Plaintiffs argue on appeal that the public building exception to governmental immunity should apply...

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