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GRONCKI v. DETROIT EDISON CO.

Nos. 101954, 102212, 102650 and 103455, Calendar Nos. 11-13.

557 N.W.2d 289 (1996)

453 Mich. 644

Gerald GRONCKI and Cheryl Groncki, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, a Michigan corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Barbara BOHNERT, Executrix of the Estate of Wendell Bohnert, Deceased Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, Carrington Homes, Inc., Roy Adkins and Ernestine Adkins, Defendants-Appellants. Theodore R. PARCHER, Jr., Yvonne M. Parcher, Individually and as Next Friend of Amanda Mae Parcher, a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, a Michigan corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simkins & Simkins, P.C. by Anne Craig and Sheila R. Thorp, Northville, for plaintiffs-appellees in Groncki.

Cubbon & Associates Co., L.P.A. by Stuart F. Cubbon, Toledo, OH, for plaintiff-appellee in Bohnert.

Michael J. Mangapora, Flint, for plaintiffs-appellants in Parcher.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. by Ernest R. Bazzana, Detroit, for Detroit Edison Company.

Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick, P.C. by Allen J. Philbrick, Ann Arbor, for defendant-appellant Carrington Homes.

James E. Brunner and Catherine M. Reynolds, Jackson, amici curiae for Consumers Power Company.

Clark Hill P.L.C. by Duane L. Tarnacki and J. Walker Henry, Detroit, for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Grylls, Facca, Richter & Pregler, P.C. by Patrick A. Facca, Royal Oak, for the Greater Detroit Chapter, AGC Michigan Chapter, and Associated Carpenter Contractors of Michigan, Inc.

Opinion

BRICKLEY, Chief Justice.

These cases were combined for review because they all concern allegations of negligence on the part of a power company resulting in harmful contact with uninsulated overhead power lines. Each of the cases against Detroit Edison was decided on summary disposition regarding the issue of duty. This Court reviews summary judgments de novo and must review the entire record to see if the...

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