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GRAVES v. WARNER BROS.

Docket No. 226645.

656 N.W.2d 195 (2002)

Patricia GRAVES and Frank Amedure, Sr., as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Scott Amedure, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WARNER BROS., Jenny Jones Show, and Telepictures, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 22, 2002, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication January 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fieger, Fieger, Schwartz & Kenney, P.C. (by Geoffrey N. Fieger, Ven R. Johnson, and Tammy J. Reiss), Southfield, for the plaintiffs.

Feeney Kellett Wienner & Bush, P.C. (by James P. Feeney, Bloomfield Hills, Sarah A. McLaren, and Paul L. Nystrom) (Patricia J. Boyle, of counsel), White Lake, for the defendants.

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn (by Herschel P. Fink, Cynthia G. Thomas, and Dean M. Googasian), Detroit, Amici Curiae, for Detroit Free Press, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc., ABC, Inc., CBS, Inc., and Fox Broadcasting Company.

Before: MURPHY, P.J., and GRIFFIN and METER, JJ.

GRIFFIN, J.

Defendants appeal as of right from the entry of judgment in the amount of $29,332,686 following the jury's verdict in plaintiffs' favor in this wrongful death action. We reverse the judgment, vacate the court's order, and remand for entry of a judgment and order in favor of defendants, holding that under the circumstances defendants owed no legally cognizable duty to protect plaintiffs' decedent from the homicidal acts of a third party.

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