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WARDLOW v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 19, Calendar No. 48,955.

364 Mich. 291 (1961)

111 N.W.2d 44

WARDLOW v. CITY OF DETROIT.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan E. Barris, for plaintiff.

Nathaniel H. Goldstick, Corporation Counsel, and Robert D. McClear, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendant city.

BLACK, J.

The plaintiff widow sues for wrongful death of her husband, alleging liability of the city and 18 Detroit police officers "upon the theory that they [the police officers] had negligently and carelessly exerted unnecessary force in effectuating the arrest of the deceased, as a result of which serious injury, ultimately causing his death, were inflicted." Detroit moved to dismiss, alleging immunity from liability...

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