REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961
Act 236 of 1961
600.2966 Injury to firefighter or police officer; governmental immunity.
Sec. 2966.
The state, a political subdivision of this state, or a governmental agency, governmental officer or employee, volunteer acting on behalf of a government, and member of a governmentally created board, council, commission, or task force are immune from tort liability for an injury to a firefighter or police officer that arises from the normal, inherent, and foreseeable risks of the firefighter's or police officer's profession. This section shall not be construed to affect an individual's rights to benefits provided under the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941.
History: Add. 1998, Act 389, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1998
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 389 of 1998 provides:
“Enacting section 1. Sections 2965, 2966, and 2967 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2965, 600.2966, and 600.2967, as added by this amendatory act, do not apply to a cause of action arising before the effective date of this amendatory act.”
Notes of Decisions
Boulton v. Fenton Twp., 726 N.W.2d 733 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 16× “The primary issue is whether MCL 600.2966, the codified firefighters’ rule, bars recovery when an injury occurs in the normal, inherent, and foreseeable performance of a police officer’s duties and is caused by the negligent operation of a government vehicle.”
Lego v. Liss, 874 N.W.2d 684 (Mich. 2016).
· cites it 10× “We granted leave to appeal in this case to consider the scope of the immunity provision of the firefighter’s rule for governmental entities and employees, MCL 600.2966. During an attempted apprehension of an armed-robbery suspect, the defendant, Jake Liss, a police officer, shot…”
Kenneth Bertin v. Douglas Mann, 918 N.W.2d 707 (Mich. 2018).
“2d 684 (2016) (noting that there was "no question of material fact" regarding the foreseeability of a police officer's getting shot by a fellow officer while engaging a shooter, and thus holding that the plaintiff's injury arose from an inherent risk under MCL 600.2966 and the…”
Kristy Bastine v. City of Southfield (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 11× “The trial court reasoned that Kristy’s injuries derived from the normal, inherent, and foreseeable risks of a police officer’s profession, and that the firefighter’s rule therefore barred her claims.”
Michael Lego v. Jake Liss (Mich. 2014).
· cites it 2× “The parties shall address: (1) whether, and if so to what degree, a defendant governmental actor’s mental state or level of culpability is relevant to determining what constitutes normal, inherent, and foreseeable risks of the firefighter’s or police officer’s profession, under…”
Kenneth Bertin v. Douglas Mann (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“MCL 600.2966 (precluding governmental tort liability for “an injury to a firefighter or police officer that arises from the normal, inherent, and foreseeable risks of the firefighter’s or police officer’s profession”) (emphasis added); Ritchie- Gamester, 461 Mich at 94…”
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