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VanSTRIEN v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS

Docket No. 145930.

200 Mich. App. 56 (1993)

504 N.W.2d 13

VanSTRIEN v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 7, 1993, at 9:45 A.M.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linsey, Strain & Worsfold, P.C. (by William D. Howard), for the plaintiffs.

Philip A. Balkema, City Attorney, and James L. Moore, Assistant City Attorney, for the defendant.

Before: MICHAEL J. KELLY, P.J., and WEAVER and D.E. SHELTON, JJ.

MICHAEL J. KELLY, P.J.

On January 11, 1990, plaintiff Lorraine VanStrien stepped on a manhole while walking on a public sidewalk located in the City of Grand Rapids. As she put her foot on the cover of the manhole, the cover tipped back and slipped out from underneath her. Plaintiff's right leg went inside the hole and she sustained serious injuries. This particular manhole had been abandoned by the City of Grand Rapids for over thirty years. Subsequently, plaintiffs...

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