GARA v. WOODBRIDGE TAVERN

Docket No. 192878.

568 N.W.2d 138 (1997)

224 Mich. App. 63

Diane GARA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WOODBRIDGE TAVERN and Miller Brewing Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 6, 1997, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication September 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry F. LaKritz, Farmington Hills, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rutledge, Manion, Rabaut, Terry & Thomas, P.C. by David M. Thomas and Lisa Sabon Anstess, Detroit, for Woodbridge Tavern.

Nemier, Tolari, Landry, Mazzeo & Johnson, P.C. by Gregory A. Light and Michelle Mathieu, Farmington Hills, for Miller Brewing Co.

Before SAWYER, P.J., and SAAD and GAGE, JJ.


SAAD, Judge.

I

Nature of the Case

May a plaintiff who voluntarily signs a broad, unambiguous release before participating in a personal contact sporting event (in which she is injured) avoid the release by claiming that she did not have time to read it or did not understand what she read? We hold that she may not and therefore affirm the trial court's grants of summary disposition to defendants.

II

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