COOPER v. WASHTENAW COUNTY

Docket Nos. 262141, 262903.

715 N.W.2d 908 (2006)

270 Mich. App. 506

Dawn COOPER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Demetrius Morton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WASHTENAW COUNTY, City of Ann Arbor, Anthony Woodford, Pamela Raciti, and Eugene Hahn, Defendants, and Michael Watchowski and Steve Lawrence, Defendants-Appellants. Dawn Cooper, Personal Representative of the Estate of Demetrius Morton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Washtenaw County, Anthony Woodford, Pamela Raciti, and Eugene Hahn, Defendants-Appellees, and City of Ann Arbor, Michael Watchowski, and Steve Lawrence, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 4, 2006, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication June 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Johnson, P.C. (by Victor S. Valenti), Southfield, for Dawn Cooper.

Reach, Ranney & Carpenter, P.C. (by Cynthia L. Reach), Ann Arbor, for Washtenaw County, Anthony Woodford, Pamela Raciti, and Eugene Hahn.

Stephen K. Postema, City Attorney, and David W. Swan and Robert W. West, Assistant City Attorneys, Ann Arbor, for the city of Ann Arbor, Michael Watchowski, and Steve Lawrence.

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


JANSEN, J.

In Docket No. 262141, defendants Ann Arbor Police Officers Michael Watchowski and Steve Lawrence appeal as of right the trial court's order denying their motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) and (8). In Docket No. 262903, plaintiff appeals by leave granted an order granting summary disposition to defendants Washtenaw County and individual county law enforcement personnel Anthony Woodford...

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