Attorney obtained summary judgment on behalf of the township against plaintiffs who alleged defendant was liable for significant personal injuries to a minor-plaintiff resulting from a motor vehicle accident

Attorney obtained summary judgment on behalf of the township against plaintiffs who alleged defendant was liable for significant personal injuries to a minor-plaintiff resulting from a motor vehicle accident. The minor-plaintiff was riding in a motor vehicle as a passenger when the vehicle struck a catch basin with a concrete barrier near the edge of a road, and the vehicle became airborne, stuck a hillside and then struck a utility pole owned and placed by an electric company. The minor-plaintiff was ejected through the windshield of the vehicle. The plaintiffs argued that defendant should be liable for defective conditions of the road, the catch basin, and the hillside, and for authorizing the placement of the utility pole. The court accepted the argument that defendant could not be found negligent within any exception to governmental immunity because the evidence supported that defendant did not own the road or the catch basin, did not posses the hillside, and did not authorize the placement of the utility pole.