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SMITH v. JONES

Docket Nos. 215459, 215460.

632 N.W.2d 509 (2001)

246 Mich. App. 270

Joseph SMITH, Bessie Smith, Francesca Smith, by her next friend, Bessie Smith, and Angelus Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Officer Victor JONES and Officer Shontae Jennings, each in their individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 5, 2001, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication August 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold E. Reed & Associates, P.C., (by Arnold E. Reed), Southfield, for the plaintiffs.

City of Detroit Law Department, (by Sharon D. Blackmon, Assistant Corporation Counsel), Detroit, for the defendants.

Before RICHARD ALLEN GRIFFIN, P.J., and JANSEN and GAGE, JJ.

RICHARD ALLEN GRIFFIN, P.J.

In these consolidated appeals, defendant Detroit Police Officers Victor Jones and Shontae Jennings appeal as of right a judgment totaling $3,808,500 entered for damages allegedly sustained by plaintiffs as a result of a firebombing of their home. We reverse and remand and hold that pursuant to the public-duty doctrine defendants owed no duty to plaintiffs.

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