STOTT v. WAYNE COUNTY

Docket Nos. 181866, 188990.

569 N.W.2d 633 (1997)

224 Mich. App. 422

Patrick STOTT and Vicky Stott, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAYNE COUNTY, Wayne County Sheriff Robert Ficano, and Michael Sheldon, Defendants-Appellees, and John Doe Contractors, Defendant. Lalla DICKERSON Personal Representative of the Estate of William Dickerson, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF WAYNE, Wayne County Sheriff, and Michael Sheldon, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 8, 1997, at 9:25 a.m.

Released for Publication October 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steinberg, O'Connor, Paton, Burns & Handy, P.L.L.C. by Doyle O'Connor, Detroit, for Patrick and Vicky Stott.

Mark Granzotto, Detroit, For Lalla Dickerson, personal representative of estate of William Dickerson, deceased.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Corporation Counsel, and Ellen E. Mason, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Detroit, for Defendants.

William J. Johnson, Washington D.C., amicus curiae, for National Law Enforcement Officers Rights Center.

Before WAHLS, P.J., and GAGE and W.J. NYKAMP, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In these consolidated appeals, plaintiffs appeal as of right from orders granting summary disposition to defendants. The circuit court ruled that both cases were barred by the fireman's rule. We affirm.

Patrick Stott and William Dickerson were deputy sheriffs assigned to guard prisoners at the old Wayne County Jail. In 1991, an inmate smuggled a loaded gun into the jail through an open window. The inmate used the gun to take Stott hostage and to...

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