HAAKSMA v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS

Docket No. 222450.

634 N.W.2d 390 (2001)

247 Mich. App. 44

Barbara HAAKSMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, and Fryling Development Corporation, a/k/a 50 Monroe Place Partnership, Defendants-Appellants, and City of Grand Rapids, Cross-Plaintiff, v. Fryling Development Corporation, a/k/a 50 Monroe Place Partnership, Cross-Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 24, 2001 at 9:15 a.m.

Released for Publication October 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Riley and William W. Decker, Jr., Grand Rapids, for the plaintiff.

Margaret P. Bloemers, Assistant City Attorney, for the city of Grand Rapids.

Charles H. Worsfold and David M. Pierangeli, Grand Rapids, for Fryling Development Corporation.

Before SAAD, P.J., and FITZGERALD and O'CONNELL, JJ.


SAAD, P.J.

I. Nature of the Case

In this personal injury case, plaintiff stepped on exposed electrical wires located on a public right of way owned and maintained by the city of Grand Rapids. The wires protruded from a pedestal that had held a lamppost that had been knocked down several weeks before the injury in issue. Approximately one month before the incident, defendant Fryling Development Corporation had...

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