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DAVIS v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 254368.

711 N.W.2d 462 (2005)

Rhonda DAVIS, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estates of Rayshonda Nicole Pugh, Deceased, and Raymonda Nichelle Pugh, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF DETROIT, Victor Mercado, Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, and Tyrone Scott, Defendants-Appellants, and Unidentified John Does, Firefighters, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided November 29, 2005.

Released for Publication March 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert B. Addis, P.C. (by Albert B. Addis, Derek J. Brackon, and Lauren M. Donofrio), Mt. Clemens, for Rhonda Davis.

Ruth C. Carter, Corporation Counsel, and Sheri L. Whyte, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Detroit, for the city of Detroit, Victor Mercado, the Detroit Board of Water Commissioners, and Tyrone Scott.

Before: HOEKSTRA, P.J., and GAGE and WILDER, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal an order denying summary disposition on the grounds of governmental immunity. The case arose out of a fire at plaintiff's residence that injured her and killed her children. Allegedly, the first two fire hydrants the fire department attempted to use did not work and a third hydrant could not provide enough water. Plaintiff alleges that defendants-appellants are liable for failing to maintain the hydrants, for failing to train the firefighters...

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