Court Opinion

ID: 9725645
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 11:57:29.110481+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:17.437330
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Boyle, J.
(concurring). I agree with the lead opinion that on the basis of these facts defendant Higgins did not owe a duty to this plaintiff as a matter of law. The record reflects that defendant Higgins had no contact with minors in his role as coordinator of volunteer services at the Missaukee Dss. Neither did defendant Higgins know, nor could it be established that he knew, that Mr. Kelley’s activities in the Missaukee County Park involved contact with minors. Moreover, the record confirms that there was no disputed question of fact that defendant Higgins knew that Mark Kelley was being, or had been, transferred to a position in the Kalamazoo Dss in which Mr. Kelley would come into contact with minors. While the events that have transpired in this young man’s life are tragic, the record does not support sustaining a cause of action against this defendant. For these reasons, I concur with the majority opinion.
Cavanagh, J., concurred with Boyle, J.
Kelly, J., took no part in the decision of this case.