COOPER v. WADE

Docket No. 175952.

554 N.W.2d 919 (1996)

218 Mich. App. 649

Marlon COOPER, a minor, by his next friend, Brenda Cooper, Brenda Cooper individually, Martell Morris, a minor, by his next friend, Toni Morris, Toni Morris, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lonnie WADE, Arthur Gulley, and City of Detroit, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Patricia Collins, personal representative of the Estate of Damian Collins, Deceased, Third-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 10, 1996, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication October 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic M. Rosen, P.C. by Frederic M. Rosen, Detroit, for plaintiffs Cooper.

Bendure & Thomas by Mark R. Bendure, Detroit, for plaintiffs Morris.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. by Mary Massaron Ross and Laurel F. McGiffert, Detroit, for defendants.

Before REILLY, P.J., and MICHAEL J. KELLY and C.L. BOSMAN, JJ.


REILLY, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right a circuit court order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition in this negligence action. We reverse.

Plaintiffs Marlon Cooper (Cooper) and Martell Morris (Morris) along with Terry Neal were passengers in a stolen Jeep Cherokee driven by Damian Collins, who was fourteen at the time of this incident. A police pursuit of the vehicle ended when it crashed into the porch of a house. Collins was...

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