Attorneys Mike Smith and Nick Shawver Obtain Voluntary Dismissal with Motion for Summary Disposition Pending

Our clients, an owner and operator of a manufactured home community, were sued under the landlord-tenant statute (MCL 554.139) for injuries that allegedly occurred during Plaintiff’s trip and fall inside a manufactured home. Smith and Shawver filed a motion for summary disposition in lieu of responsive pleadings explaining that the landlord-tenant statute did not apply because the manufactured home was privately owned, that there was no residential lease as contemplated by MCL 554.139, and Defendants were not in possession and control of the privately owned home. With the motion pending, Plaintiff’s counsel agreed to voluntarily dismiss our clients.