LAIER v. KITCHEN

Docket No. 251275.

702 N.W.2d 199 (2005)

266 Mich. App. 482

Donald A. LAIER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Rodney Alan Laier, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leonard K. KITCHEN, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 24, 2005, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication August 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie S. Longo, Ann Arbor, for the plaintiff.

Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick, P.C. (by William M. Sweet), Ann Arbor, for the defendant.

Before: HOEKSTRA, P.J., and NEFF and SCHUETTE, JJ.


NEFF, J.

Plaintiff appeals as of right an order of the trial court granting summary disposition for defendant and dismissing plaintiff's wrongful death action following his son's death in a farm equipment accident on defendant's property. We reverse and remand.

I. Issue

The decedent, Rodney Laier, was killed in an accident on defendant's property while assisting defendant with hydraulic hose repairs on the front-end loader of a tractor borrowed from...

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