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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
KURT GRIGGS-SWANSON, UNPUBLISHED
May 30, 2024
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v No. 364134
Oakland Circuit Court
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL FARMINGTON HILLS, LC No. 2021-186548-NO
BOTSFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL, and JOHN
DOE EMPLOYEE #1,
Defendants-Appellees.
Before: BORRELLO, P.J., and SWARTZLE and YOUNG, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court’s order granting summary disposition in favor of
defendants, Beaumont Hospital Farmington Hills, formerly Botsford General Hospital (“the
Hospital”), and an unnamed security officer, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10), and thereby
dismissing plaintiff’s claims for assault and battery against the unnamed officer and negligence
and respondeat-superior liability against the Hospital. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we
affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
This appeal arises from events at the Hospital on March 31, 2020, during the early onset
of the COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiff alleges that he was experiencing symptoms consistent with
the COVID-19 virus. Because his condition was getting worse, he called 911 and was transported
by ambulance to the Hospital, which had set up an outside tent to screen patients for the virus.
Patients were screened either individually inside the tent or while remaining inside their vehicles.
Plaintiff was evaluated by a nurse and doctor. Although plaintiff had symptoms consistent with
COVID-19, because his vital signs and condition were deemed stable, resources were limited, and
plaintiff was not deemed critically ill, he was not tested for the COVIV-19 virus or admitted to the
Hospital. Instead, he was prescribed a medication and informed that he was being discharged.
Because plaintiff had been transported to the hospital by ambulance, he did not initially know how
to leave or know where to go. He had been living with his sister and her family, but he explained
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that he did not want to expose them to the virus. He complained to Hospital staff that he had
nowhere to go and asked to speak to a social worker, but he was told that a social worker was not
available.
Before going to the Hospital, plaintiff called a coworker and he remained on his phone
with two coworkers during the duration of his time at the Hospital. Plaintiff remained in the tent
area at the Hospital for approximately two hours after he was discharged. Eventually, because
plaintiff would not leave, security was contacted. When security officers arrived, they initially
spoke to plaintiff and encouraged him to leave voluntarily. Plaintiff admitted that he was told that
he was not going to be admitted and had been discharged, and he knew that he had to leave the
tent, but he said that he did not know where he could go. Eventually, the officers began to remove
plaintiff from the tent. Plaintiff agreed that he required the physical assistance of the security
officers to leave the tent and that two officers helped him get up to walk out of the tent. However,
according to plaintiff, he was forcefully removed from the tent by the security officers.
Upon leaving the tent, plaintiff fell down just outside the tent. Defendants’ witnesses
described plaintiff as intentionally flopping down on the ground, while plaintiff described losing
his balance and falling after the officers removed their hands from him because he could not stand
without their assistance. Plaintiff admitted that after falling to the ground, he needed help getting
up. Plaintiff claimed that the officers yelled at him to get up on his own and then intervened when
he was unable to do so. According to plaintiff, the officers twisted and pushed his wrist and leg,
causing him pain, and dragged him approximately 20 feet along the concrete, causing injuries to
his back and side. Plaintiff, who weighed approximately 300 pounds, admitted that he could not
assist the officers in getting himself off the ground and that he was “dead weight.” He agreed that
the officers were trying to lift him off the ground, which was not easy to do. Although the officers
claimed that they moved plaintiff a short distance because he was near a line of cars waiting for
COVID-19 screening, plaintiff denied that he was in any danger from the cars. In any event, after
plaintiff was moved, officers assisted him in getting into a wheelchair and plaintiff was then taken
to an indoor lobby at the Hospital. Plaintiff’s coworker contacted his mother who eventually
arrived to pick plaintiff up from the Hospital lobby and plaintiff’s work supervisor arranged for
plaintiff to stay in a hotel. Plaintiff was admitted to another hospital approximately four days later
with COVID-19.
Plaintiff filed this action, asserting a claim for assault and battery against an unnamed
security officer, and asserting that the Hospital was liable for the officer’s conduct under a theory
of respondeat superior. Plaintiff also asserted claims against the Hospital for the negligent hiring,
retention, and supervision of its security staff, and for its negligent training of its security
personnel.
The trial court granted defendants’ motion for summary disposition under MCR
2.116(C)(10), first ruling that the Hospital could not be held liable for any negligence by its
security officers related to plaintiff’s removal from the tent because of the immunity granted by
the Pandemic Health Care Immunity Act (PHCIA), MCL 691.1471 et seq. The court further held,
however, that even viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to plaintiff, the Hospital could
not be vicariously liable for the officers’ conduct because there was no evidence to support a
finding that the officers’ actions were unreasonable under the circumstances. Additionally, the
court found that plaintiff failed to establish factual support for his claim that the Hospital was
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negligent in its hiring, retention, and supervision of its security staff because there was no evidence
that the Hospital had knowledge of any facts that would indicate that any of the involved officers
were not competent or qualified to deal with the public. The court also found that the Hospital had
presented evidence demonstrating that its security officers received appropriate training, both
when beginning employment and regularly thereafter, and plaintiff had not presented evidence to
establish a genuine issue of material fact whether the training that was provided deviated from an
appropriate standard of care for the security industry. Accordingly, the court dismissed plaintiff’s
negligent-training claim. Finally, the court dismissed plaintiff’s assault and battery claim, ruling
that there was no genuine issue of material fact whether any physical touching of plaintiff was
done with an intent to cause injury, and that, even viewed in a light most favorable to plaintiff, the
evidence established that the officers’ touching of plaintiff was done for the legitimate purpose of
facilitating plaintiff’s removal from the tent and getting him off the ground and out of harm’s way.
II. STANDARD OF REVIEW
A trial court’s decision on a motion for summary disposition is reviewed de novo. El-
Khalil v Oakwood Healthcare, Inc, 504 Mich 152, 159; 934 NW2d 665 (2019). The trial court
dismissed all claims under MCR 2.116(C)(10). A motion under MCR 2.116(C)(10) tests the
factual support for a claim. Innovation Ventures v Liquid Mfg, 499 Mich 491, 507; 885 NW2d
861 (2016). When reviewing a motion under MCR 2.116(C)(10), “a trial court considers
affidavits, pleadings, depositions, admissions, and other evidence submitted by the parties . . . in
the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion.” Id. Summary disposition is appropriate
under MCR 2.116(C)(10) when, viewing the evidence submitted by the parties in the light most
favorable to the party opposing the motion, “there is no genuine issue as to any material fact, and
the moving party is entitled to judgment . . . as a matter of law.” Id.
III. THE HOSPITAL’S VICARIOUS LIABILITY FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS
SECURITY OFFICERS
Plaintiff alleged that the Hospital was vicariously liable for the conduct of its security
officers under a theory of respondeat superior. The trial court dismissed this claim in part on the
basis of its determination that the Hospital was entitled to immunity under § 5 of the PHCIA, MCL
691.1475, which provides:
A health care provider or health care facility that provides health care
services in support of this state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is not liable
for an injury, including death, sustained by an individual by reason of those
services, regardless of how, under what circumstances, or by what cause those
injuries are sustained, unless it is established that the provision of the services
constituted willful misconduct, gross negligence, intentional and willful criminal
misconduct, or intentional infliction of harm by the health care provider or health
care facility.
Although the PHCIA was adopted by 2020 PA 240, effective October 22, 2020, the act provides
that “[t]he liability protection provided by this act applies retroactively, and applies on or after
March 29, 2020 and before July 14, 2020.” MCL 691.1477. The conduct in this case occurred on
March 31, 2020, within the statutory timeframe.
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Plaintiff disputes that the PHCIA applies to the conduct at issue in this case. In Hmeidan
v State Farm Mut Auto Ins Co, 326 Mich App 467, 478; 928 NW2d 258 (2018), this Court
explained:
The overall goal of statutory interpretation is to give effect to the intent of
the Legislature. Garfield Mart, Inc v Dep’t of Treasury, 320 Mich App 628, 643;
907 NW2d 880 (2017). “The best indicator of that intent is the plain and ordinary
language used.” Id. “In construing a statute, the Court must read the language as
a whole, giving meaning to each word in the context of the statute.” Id. “If the
language is unambiguous, then the language must be applied as written.” Id.
It is undisputed that plaintiff’s alleged injuries occurred while he was at the Hospital for
the purpose of obtaining treatment for suspected COVID-19. Although plaintiff argues that the
security staff was not providing medical care or treatment, MCL 691.1475 broadly applies to a
health care provider or health care facility that provides health care services in support of this
state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and it is undisputed that plaintiff’s presence at the
Hospital was related to its provision of healthcare services for the COVID-19 pandemic, that
plaintiff’s interaction with the security staff occurred while he was in the tent area that was
specifically set up by the Hospital in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that the reason for
security’s presence was that plaintiff was dissatisfied with the evaluation he had received for his
suspected COVID-19 condition and he refused to leave the tent after being advised that he was
being discharged. Moreover, MCL 691.1475 broadly applies to any injury “by reason of those
services, regardless of how, under what circumstances, or by what cause those injuries are
sustained,” unless the provision of services constituted willful misconduct, gross negligence, or
intentional and willful criminal misconduct or intentional infliction of harm. Accordingly, we
reject plaintiff’s argument that the act cannot apply to actions of the security officers.
The only exception to immunity that plaintiff discusses in his brief on appeal is gross
negligence. The PHCIA defines “gross negligence” as “conduct so reckless as to demonstrate a
substantial lack of concern for whether an injury results.” MCL 691.1473(a). Plaintiff
acknowledges that he did not plead gross negligence in his complaint, but argues that because
defendants did not raise their immunity argument in their original motion for summary disposition,
he did not have an opportunity to request that he be allowed to amend his complaint to plead gross
negligence, and therefore, this Court should allow him to do so. MCR 2.116(I)(5) provides that
when a party moves for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10), a court “shall give the
parties an opportunity to amend their pleadings as provided by MCR 2.118, unless the evidence
then before the court shows that amendment would not be justified.” MCR 2.118(A)(2) provides
that leave to amend “shall be freely given when justice so requires.” Ordinarily, a motion to amend
should be granted, and should be denied only for particularized reasons such as “(1) undue delay,
(2) bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, (3) repeated failure to cure deficiencies
by amendments previously allowed, (4) undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of
allowance of the amendment, or (5) futility of the amendment.” VHS of Mich, Inc v State Farm
Mut Auto Ins Co, 337 Mich App 360, 373; 976 NW2d 109 (2021), quoting Lane v KinderCare
Learning Ctrs, Inc, 231 Mich App 689, 697; 588 NW2d 715 (1998).
Although plaintiff requests an opportunity to amend his complaint to plead gross
negligence, he does not identify any facts that he believes would support an allegation of gross
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negligence. “A party may not leave it to this Court to search for a factual basis to sustain or reject
its position.” Great Lakes Div of Nat’l Steel Corp v City of Ecorse, 227 Mich App 379, 424; 576
NW2d 667 (1998). Because plaintiff fails to explain what facts would support a claim of gross
negligence, he has not demonstrated that amendment of his complaint to plead gross negligence is
justified.
Under the theory of respondeat superior, an employer may be held liable for the negligent
acts of its employees while acting within the scope of their employment. Laster v Henry Ford
Health Sys, 316 Mich App 726, 734; 892 NW2d 442 (2016). In order to prove a claim for
negligence, the plaintiff must show (1) a duty, (2) a breach of that duty, (3) causation, and (4)
damages. Brown v Brown, 478 Mich 545, 552; 739 NW2d 313 (2007).
Plaintiff agreed that he was required to leave the Hospital after he was told that he was
discharged. At that time, the Hospital was facing a global healthcare crisis caused by the COVID-
19 pandemic and was not admitting patients who did not require critical care. Although plaintiff
was experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, his condition was considered stable.
Plaintiff did not have a ride readily available to transport him from the hospital, but he was allowed
to remain in the tent for approximately two hours to arrange for a ride.
Plaintiff agreed that he had been discharged and was not going to be admitted to the
Hospital, and that the officers initially spoke to him and encouraged him to leave. Indeed, plaintiff
admitted that the officers seemed understanding, but told him there was nothing they could do.
Although plaintiff claimed that the officers forcefully removed him, he also stated that he was not
able to physically walk out of the tent on his own because of his symptoms and he felt weak.
Plaintiff also agreed that there was a line of cars, maybe 20, waiting to be screened when he was
being removed. Plaintiff explained that he fell when, once outside the tent, the officers who were
assisting him let go and he lost his balance. Plaintiff admitted that the officers instructed him to
get up, but he did not do so, explaining that he was unable to get up on his own, and after remaining
on the ground for 15 to 20 seconds, some officers grabbed and forcefully moved him. Plaintiff
agreed that he was “dead weight” when the officers dragged him because he could not assist them.
Although there was conflicting testimony regarding plaintiff’s demeanor and conduct,
whether plaintiff was able to walk on his own, whether plaintiff deliberately fell to the ground to
impede the officers’ efforts to remove him, and the manner and distance that plaintiff was moved
after he fell to the ground, plaintiff’s own testimony indicated that he was aware that he was not
permitted to remain in the tent and that the officers verbally encouraged him to leave voluntarily
prior to physically removing him. Plaintiff’s testimony that he was too weak to walk on his own
also indicates that the officers were justified in assisting plaintiff in leaving the tent. Plaintiff also
admitted that the officers initially asked him to get up on his own and it was only after he remained
on the ground for 15 to 20 second that the officers moved him. Plaintiff, who weighed
approximately 300 pounds, also admitted that he was “dead weight” and unable to help the officers
move him to a chair. Although the parties disputed the distance that plaintiff was moved and
disputed whether plaintiff was in danger from the nearby line of cars of people waiting to be
evaluated for COVID-19, even accepting plaintiff’s claim that he was moved a distance of
approximately 20 feet, it is undisputed that plaintiff was moved to a location where he could be
placed in a wheelchair and that the officers assisted him in getting into the chair, and he was then
taken to a hospital lobby where he was allowed to wait for his ride. Defendants submitted an
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affidavit from a security expert, Nick Radu, who opined that the officers responded appropriately
by attempting to first verbally deescalate the situation to gain compliance, and that their use of
physical force was necessary and appropriate under the circumstances. These facts do not support
a reasonable jury finding that the officers were negligent.
As the trial court observed, plaintiff did not provide any evidence to refute Radu’s opinions.
Instead, plaintiff argues that it was improper to consider Radu’s affidavit because he did not have
sufficient notice of what testimony Radu intended to offer at trial because defendants did not
properly respond to his interrogatories. However, Radu was named as defendants’ security expert
on its witness list filed on December 21, 2021, and defendants’ motion for summary disposition
was not filed until October 2022. Therefore, plaintiff had plenty of notice of defendants’ intent to
offer a security expert. Plaintiff attempts to expand the record on appeal by submitting
interrogatories and responses from defendants to argue that defendants did not reveal Radu’s
proposed opinions during discovery, and improperly waited until they moved for summary
disposition to reveal the substance of Radu’s proposed testimony. However, these materials were
not submitted in the trial court, they may not be considered on appeal. This Court’s review is
limited to the record developed in the trial court and a party may not expand the record on appeal.
Sherman v Sea Ray Boats, Inc, 251 Mich App 41, 56; 649 NW2d 783 (2002). Further, plaintiff
never challenged Radu’s affidavit in the trial court and he may not raise this issue for the first time
on appeal. This Court has no obligation to consider an issue that was not raised in the trial court.
Tolas Oil & Gas Exploration Co v Bach Servs & Mfg, LLC, ___ Mich App ___, ___; ___ NW2d
___ (2023) (Docket No. 359090); slip op at 2. Accordingly, we reject plaintiff’s appellate
challenge to Radu’s affidavit.
For these reasons, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s claims asserting that
the Hospital is liable for the security officers’ conduct under a theory of respondeat superior.
IV. PLAINTIFF’S NEGLIGENT HIRING, RETENTION, AND SUPERVISION CLAIM
To the extent that plaintiff asserted a direct claim against the Hospital for negligence in its
hiring, supervision, or retention of the involved officers, we agree that the trial court did not err by
dismissing this claim.
An employer may also be held directly liable for its own negligence in hiring, training, and
supervising its employees. Zsigo v Hurley Med Ctr, 475 Mich 215, 227; 716 NW2d 220 (2006).
A claim of negligent hiring or retention requires actual or constructive knowledge by the employer
that would make the specific wrongful conduct perpetrated by the employee predictable. Peterson
Estate v Brannigan Bros Restaurants & Taverns, LLC, 323 Mich App 566, 575; 918 NW2d 545
(2018).
The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, does not support a conclusion
that the Hospital knew or should have known that its security officers would unnecessarily cause
harm to plaintiff when trying to remove him from the premises because plaintiff did not offer any
evidence that the Hospital had a reason to know that any of the officers involved were unqualified
or likely to engage in wrongful conduct with patients who refused to leave upon being discharged.
Therefore, the trial court did not err by dismissing plaintiff’s claim premised on the Hospital’s
alleged negligence in the hiring, supervision, or retention of the involved officers.
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V. PLAINTIFF’S NEGLIGENT-TRAINING CLAIM
Plaintiff also challenges the trial court’s dismissal of his claim that the Hospital was
negligent by failing to properly train its security staff on how to perform their job without unduly
injuring plaintiff.
The trial court dismissed this claim because defendants submitted evidence showing that
the Hospital’s security officers were provided with training, which included training on how to
deescalate situations involving disruptive or uncooperative patients, both when beginning
employment and annually thereafter, which defendants’ expert concluded was appropriate, and
plaintiff failed to introduce any evidence to show that the training that was provided deviated from
the standard of practice in the security industry. Plaintiff does not dispute the trial court’s
determination that he failed to demonstrate factual support for his negligent-training claim, but he
argues instead that summary disposition of this claim was improper because he was prevented
from supporting this claim because defendants failed to comply with his requests for discovery of
training materials, personnel files and records, employee handbooks and policies, including
disciplinary policies, and other relevant information. To the extent that plaintiff challenges the
trial court’s rulings on discovery requests, a trial court’s decision on a motion to compel discovery
is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Cabrera v Ekema, 265 Mich App 402, 406; 695 NW2d 78
(2005).
A motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10) is generally premature if
discovery has not been completed, unless there is no fair likelihood that further discovery will
produce support for the nonmoving party’s position. Kern v Kern-Koskela, 320 Mich App 212,
227; 905 NW2d 453 (2017). But a nonmoving party who opposes a motion for summary
disposition cannot simply state that the motion is premature because discovery has not been
completed; he must identify a disputed issue and support that issue with independent evidence,
such as submitting affidavits to show the probable testimony in support of a position. Marilyn
Froling Revocable Living Trust v Bloomfield Hills Country Club, 283 Mich App 264, 292-293;
769 NW2d 234 (2009). The court rules allow for broad, open discovery and parties are permitted
to obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject matter of
the lawsuit, MCR 2.302(B)(1). Cabrera, 265 Mich App at 406-407.
The record discloses that plaintiff was afforded extensive discovery, which included
multiple depositions and the production of information related to the training of the Hospital’s
security officers, including more than 100 pages of training materials. Although plaintiff
complains that defendants failed to comply with his many requests for discovery of other relevant
information that could have supported his negligent-training claim, the record discloses that
plaintiff’s other discovery requests were the subjects of motions to compel that were addressed
and decided by the trial court. In particular, the trial court directed the parties to submit
supplemental briefs addressing plaintiff’s requests for discovery of the Hospital’s employee
handbook or policies, including discipline policies, applicable to both the security officers and
medical staff who were present on March 31, 2020. Further, the court agreed to conduct an in
camera inspection of personnel files of the involved officers, including any discipline and
complaints received from third parties. The court also agreed to conduct an in camera inspection
of any information defendants had regarding the doctor who evaluated plaintiff on March 31, 2020,
despite that she was not a Hospital employee. The court also ordered the Hospital to provide any
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training materials, including materials from a third party, subject to a protective order.
Additionally, the court ordered the Hospital to provide documentation of which security officers
were on duty at the relevant time on March 31, 2020, an organizational chart of the chain of
command for Cody Moore, the supervisorial officer on duty on that date, and any photographs or
diagrams of the tent where the incident occurred. The court also permitted plaintiff to depose the
Hospital’s security director, William Leavens, a second time to further question him regarding the
training materials that were provided to plaintiff.
In sum, contrary to plaintiff’s claim on appeal that the trial court denied him basic discovery
that prejudiced his ability to establish factual support for his negligent-training claim, the record
discloses that the trial court ordered defendants to provide various requested information, allowed
plaintiff to redepose Security Director Leavens after plaintiff received copies of training materials,
agreed to conduct in camera reviews of other requested information, provided plaintiff access to
third-party materials pursuant to a protective order, and permitted plaintiff to further address some
of his discovery requests in supplemental briefing. Plaintiff does not address the trial court’s
discovery rulings or indicate whether he revisited some of his discovery requests in supplemental
briefing as permitted by the trial court. Accordingly, he has not demonstrated that he was
improperly foreclosed from discovering relevant information. Therefore, we reject plaintiff’s
claim that summary disposition of his negligent-training claim was improper because he was
denied discovery of relevant information.
VI. ASSAULT AND BATTERY
Plaintiff also argues that the trial court erred in dismissing his claim for assault and battery.
In civil law, an assault is “any intentional unlawful offer of corporal injury to another
person by force, or force unlawfully directed toward the person of another, under circumstances
which create a well-founded apprehension of imminent contact, coupled with the apparent present
ability to accomplish the contact.” Espinoza v Thomas, 189 Mich App 110, 119; 472 NW2d 16
(1991). “A battery is the wilful and harmful or offensive touching of another person which results
from an act intended to cause such a contact.” Id.; see also Tinkler v Richter, 295 Mich 396, 401;
295 NW 201 (1940), and M Civ JI 115.02 (defining a battery as “the willful or intentional touching
of a person against that person’s will [by another/by an object or substance put in motion by
another person]”). The intent necessary to prove battery is the intent to cause a harmful or
offensive contact with another person, or knowing, with substantial certainty, that such contact
would result. Boumelhem v Bic Corp, 211 Mich App 175, 184; 535 NW2d 574 (1995). The
standard jury instructions for battery provide that the “[p]laintiff has the burden of proving that
[defendant willfully and intentionally touched the plaintiff against the plaintiff’s will / defendant
put in motion an object or substance that touched the plaintiff against the plaintiff’s will.]” See M
Civ JI 115.21.
Here, the evidence does not support a claim for assault and battery based on plaintiff’s
testimony. According to plaintiff, he was intentionally touched by the officers when they initially
removed him from the chair in the tent. At that time, plaintiff knew that he had been discharged
and he agreed that he was required to leave, although he had nowhere to go. While plaintiff
claimed that he was forcefully removed, he admitted that he was required to leave and that he
needed assistance and was unable to walk on his own. Accordingly, the officers’ physical touching
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could not support a claim for assault and battery because it was done to assist plaintiff. While the
officers intentionally touched plaintiff, it was not against plaintiff’s will.
Again, solely according to plaintiff, after he left the tent, he fell when the officers removed
their hands. Once on the ground, he told the officers that he could not get up. While the parties
differ on what the officers did to move plaintiff after he fell, plaintiff agreed that the officers
intervened after first instructing him to get up on his own and he was unable to do so. Plaintiff
claimed that he was dragged across concrete and injured as he apparently was lifted by the officers
into a wheelchair, and he denied that he was near any cars at that time. Even viewing the facts in
the light most favorable to plaintiff, they do not support plaintiff’s claim that the officers assaulted
or battered him with an intent to cause him harm. The facts demonstrated that the officers assisted
plaintiff by moving him from the tent area when he required assistance. After his fall, plaintiff
was unable to move on his own. Whether the officers moved him to get him out of the way of
traffic or because he was on the ground and unable to get up on his own, there is no evidence that
the officers intended to harm plaintiff. There is no evidence that the officers dragged plaintiff for
any reason other than to facilitate his removal from the area, whether to remove him from the
property or to get him out of the way of those waiting in the vehicle line to receive COVID-19
screenings. Accordingly, the trial court did not err by ruling that there was no genuine issue of
material fact to support plaintiff’s claim of assault and battery.
Affirmed. Defendant having prevailed may tax costs. MCR 7.219(A).
/s/ Stephen L. Borrello
/s/ Brock A. Swartzle
/s/ Adrienne N. Young
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