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ROBINSON v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket Nos. 110360, 107421, Calendar Nos. 1, 2.

613 N.W.2d 307 (2000)

Debra ROBINSON, as Personal Representative, of the estate of Courtney Henderson, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DETROIT, Craig Kailimai, Badge 2194, and Michael Cily, Badge 1034, Defendant-Appellees. Brenda Cooper, for herself and as next friend of Marlon Cooper, a minor, and Toni Morris, for herself and as next friend of Martell Morris, a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Lonnie Wade, Arthur Gulley, and City of Detroit, Jointly and Severally, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Patricia Collins, Personal Representative of the Estate of Damian Collins, Deceased, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pearlman & Pianin (by Michael Pianin and Sheryl R. Lederman), Southfield, for the plaintiff-appellant in Henderson.

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 the defendants-appellees in Henderson.

Garan, Lucow, Miller & Seward, P.C. (by Rosalind Rochkind), Detroit, amici curiae, for Michigan Municipal League Legal Defense Fund and Michigan Municipal Liability and Property Pool.

Opinion

TAYLOR, J.

In these consolidated cases we are required yet again to consider the parameters of civil liability for governmental agencies and police officers when a police chase results in injuries or death to a person other than the driver of the fleeing vehicle. More specifically, the question in these cases is whether the city of Detroit or individual police...

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