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BROWN v. GENESEE COUNTY BD. OF COM'RS

Docket No. 113915, Calendar No. 4.

628 N.W.2d 471 (2001)

Chester E. BROWN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schreier & Schreier, P.C. (by Mark Schreier), Royal Oak, for plaintiff-appellee.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Christine D. Oldani and H. William Reising), Detroit, for the defendant-appellant.

Before the Entire Bench (except TAYLOR, J.).

OPINION

CORRIGAN, C.J.

We granted leave to consider whether an inmate, who claims that a dangerous or defective condition in a jail caused injuries, may avoid governmental immunity for tort liability under the statutory exception for public buildings, M.C.L. § 691.1406. The trial court granted summary disposition to defendant-county, but the Court of Appeals reversed and held that a jail falls within the exception.

We would reverse the Court...

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