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HAMMACK v. LUTHERAN SOC SERVICES

Docket No. 152705.

211 Mich. App. 1 (1995)

535 N.W.2d 215

HAMMACK v. LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MICHIGAN

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 19, 1995, at 9:45 A.M.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Krochmal (Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, P.C. by Patrick Burkett, of Counsel), for the plaintiff.

Paskin, Nagi & Baxter, P.C. (by Patricia J. Battersby and Daniel J. Seymour), for the defendants.

Before: TAYLOR, P.J., and HOLBROOK, JR., and M.E. DODGE, JJ.

TAYLOR, P.J.

Defendants appeal as of right a judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $1 million on claims of breach of contract and negligence. We affirm.

On August 12, 1986, plaintiff's decedent, Jerry Hammack, a thirty-year-old mildly retarded, seizure-prone, developmentally disabled man living in the Tracey Augustana Home (Home), died while bathing. Plaintiff alleged that Hammack drowned after...

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