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DeSHAMBO v. NIELSEN

Docket Nos. 122939-122940. (Calendar No. 9).

684 N.W.2d 332 (2004)

471 Mich. 27

Robert F. DeSHAMBO, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General of the State of Michigan, and Michigan Department of Community Health, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman R. NIELSEN and Pauline Nielsen, Defendants-Appellants, and Charles W. Anderson, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore F. Fulsher, Marquette, MI, for DeShambo.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Joel D. McGormley, Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for the intervening plaintiff Michigan Department of Community Health.

Bensinger, Cotant & Menkes, P.C. (by Dale L. Arndt), Grand Rapids, MI, for defendants Nielsen.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, C.J.

In this case, we consider whether the inherently dangerous activity doctrine has been properly extended to impose liability on landowners for injuries to employees of independent contractors performing dangerous work. We hold that the Court of Appeals has improperly extended the doctrine, contrary to its original purpose, to include injuries to those involved in the performance of dangerous...

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