Case Name: Frohriep v. Flanagan
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 2009-04-01
Citations: 483 Mich. 920
Docket Number: No. 136636
Parties: Frohriep v Flanagan,
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 483
Pages: 920–921

Head Matter:
Frohriep v Flanagan,
No. 136636.

Opinion:
Summary Disposition April 1, 2009:
By order of October 27, 2008, the application for leave to appeal the April 29, 2008, judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Odom v Wayne Co (Docket No. 133433). On order of the Court, the case having been decided on December 30, 2008, 482 Mich 459 (2008), the application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we reverse in part the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and we remand this case to the Ingham Circuit Court for further proceedings in light of the Odom decision. We agree with the Court of Appeals that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, but do not agree that the plaintiffs failed to state claims for the remaining intentional torts. The Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the burden of proof with regard to the qualified governmental immunity applicable to the defendants Hughes and Ciloski under Ross v Consumers Power (On Rehearing), 420 Mich 567 (1984), lay with the plaintiffs, rather than with the defendants. See Odom, supra. Reported below: 278 Mich App 665.