LOVE v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 257375.

716 N.W.2d 604 (2006)

270 Mich. App. 563

Scheherazde C. LOVE, Personal Representative of the Estates of Milique J. Diggs, Deceased, Deymond L. Diggs, Deceased, Latiya Diggs, Deceased, and Gentry Gary Tresvant, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DETROIT, and Detroit Fire Department Members Carl Cook, Harold Acoff, Jeffrey Schlomer, Robert Woods, Chief M. Hastings, Lt. Bensky, F.E.O. Erkard, S.F.F. Hartman, F.F. Makulski, Sgt. Gasel, F.F. Tozer, S.F.F. Gerardy, F.F. Sanders, Capt. Davis, D.E. Carrington, F.F. Thornton, Capt. Barbarich, F.E. Mortier, F.F. Sisay, F.F.D. Tonti, Sgt. R. Smith, F.E.O. M. O'Brian, S.F.F. D. Johnson, Sgt. P. Lopez, F.F.D. D. Emanuel, F.F. Fijolek, F.F.F. McGarry, Sgt. Rice, F.E.O. Wilcox, F.F. Smith, T.F.F. T. White, Lt. Collins, D.E. Franklin, F.F. Smith, Sgt. Griffith, D.A. Sucora, F.F. Neery, F.F. Szarafinski, Sr. Chief Andre, Sgt. E. Voss, D.E. Mclean, F.F. Dorias, T.F.F. Mulford, Sgt. R. Kummer, D.E. Sumeracki, F.F. H. Wilson, F.F.L. Spitzig, Lt. G. Williams, F.E.O. D. Adamson, F.F.D. Dixon, F.F. T. Stallworth, Sgt. Marshall, D.A. Johnson, F.F. Hoskins, Sgt. White, F.F.D. Brown, F.F. Posh, F.F. Schneider, Lt. D. Richardson, each and every member of the Detroit Fire Department assigned to E17 and E08 on February 17, 1999, referred to herein as John Does 1-12, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 13, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication June 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest L. Jarrett, Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Ruth C. Carter, Corporation Counsel, and Joanne D. Stafford, Supervision Assistant Corporation Counsel, Detroit, for the defendants.

Before: COOPER, P.J., and JANSEN and MARKEY, JJ.


MARKEY, J.

Plaintiff appeals by right the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of the individual defendants, members of the Detroit Fire Department. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).

Decedents died when they were unable to escape from a fire that engulfed their home. Plaintiff filed a suit alleging that the individual defendants acted in a grossly negligent manner by failing to timely...

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