JEFFERY R BURNETT V LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIV
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
JEFFREY R. BURNETT,
UNPUBLISHED
August 2, 1996
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v
No. 176363
LC No. 93-014685-CM
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY and
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD
OF REGENTS,
Defendants-Appellees.
Before: Sawyer, P.J., and Bandstra and M.J. Talbot,* JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court order that dismissed his complaint for failure to
comply with an order to file a more definite statement. We affirm.
Plaintiff has abandoned appellate review of the dismissal of his complaint by failing to discuss it
in his brief. Froling v Carpenter, 203 Mich App 368, 373; 512 NW2d 6 (1994). A trial court may
properly dismiss any action in which a plaintiff fails to comply with its orders, including an order to
amend the pleadings to make them more specific. MCR 2.504(B)(1); Banaszewski v Colman, 131
Mich App 92, 94; 345 NW2d 647 (1983). The trial court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing
plaintiff’s suit.
The issues raised by plaintiff on appeal involve the merits of his complaint. None of these were
addressed by the trial court and they are therefore not properly before this Court. Schubiner v New
England Ins Co, 207 Mich App 330, 331; 523 NW2d 635 (1994).
We affirm.
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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/s/ David H. Sawyer
/s/ Richard A. Bandstra
/s/ Michael J. Talbot
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