TATE v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS

Docket No. 236251.

671 N.W.2d 84 (2003)

256 Mich. App. 656

Alex C. TATE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 29, 2003, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication July 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Riley, Grand Rapids, for the plaintiff.

Janice F. Bailey, Assistant City Attorney, Grand Rapids, for the defendant.

Before WHITBECK, C.J., and CAVANAGH and BANDSTRA, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Alex C. Tate appeals as of right the trial court's grant of summary disposition in defendant city of Grand Rapids' favor on the ground that the governmental tort liability act (GTLA), M.C.L. § 691.1401 et seq., barred plaintiff's claim for injuries sustained when he was bitten by a police dog. We affirm.

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