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Argued October 14, 1992.
Decided August 31, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Janice Fuller Bailey, Assistant City Attorney, for defendant City of Grand Rapids.
Smith, Haughey, Rice & Roegge (by Susan Bradley Jakubowski) for third-party defendant-appellee Kent Country Club.
Amici Curiae:
Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Christine D. Oldani and Mary Massaron Ross), for Michigan Municipal League.
Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe & Thomsen, P.C. (by John H. Bauckham and Eileen W. Wicklund), for Michigan Townships Association.
Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.C. (by Marcia L. Howe), for Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority.
Nancy L. Bosh for Auto Club Group Insurance Company and Michigan Association of Insurance Companies.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
GRIFFIN, J.
A local ordinance purports to impose upon the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk the obligation to indemnify the City of Grand Rapids if the owner fails to maintain the sidewalk and if the city is required to pay damages to a person injured on the defective sidewalk. Because the city lacked authority to impose such an obligation, we conclude that indemnification is not available to the city under the...
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