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CHANDLER v. COUNTY OF MUSKEGON

Docket No. 118811.

652 N.W.2d 224 (2002)

467 Mich. 315

Thomas CHANDLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF MUSKEGON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

October 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ladas, Hoopes & Associates (by Kenneth S. Hoopes), North Muskegon, MI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Williams, Hughes, Corwin & Sininger, P.C. (by Theodore N. Williams, Jr.), Muskegon, MI, for the defendant-appellant.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether the motor vehicle exception to governmental immunity applies where an injury occurred while the vehicle was parked in a maintenance facility for the purpose of cleaning and was not being operated as a motor vehicle. We hold that the injury did not result from the negligent "operation" of the vehicle within the meaning of the motor vehicle exception, codified at M.C.L. § 691.1405. Therefore...

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