TONYA L PIERMAN V COUNTY OF EATON

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS TONYA L. PIERMAN, UNPUBLISHED December 16, 1997 Plaintiff-Appellant, v No. 194796 Eaton Circuit Court LC No. 95-000495 NO COUNTY OF EATON, Defendant-Appellee. Before: McDonald, P.J., and Wahls and J. R. Weber*, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Plaintiff appeals as of right from the summary dismissal of her premises liability action pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). The public building exception to governmental immunity, MCL 691.1406; MSA 3.996(106), is narrowly drawn. Steele v Dep’t of Corrections, 215 Mich App 710, 713; 546 NW2d 725 (1996). The exception is limited to dangers actually presented by the building itself. Wade v Dep’t of Corrections, 439 Mich 158, 168; 483 NW2d 26 (1992). It does not apply to injuries incurred on the premises adjacent to the building. Eberhard v St. Johns Public Schools, 189 Mich App 466, 467; 473 NW2d 745 (1991). The public building exception does not apply in this case where plaintiff’s fall occurred approximately fifty-seven feet from the entrance to defendant’s public building, on a sidewalk that lead to a patio area that was located in front of the entrance. The situs of the fall was a portion of the premises adjacent to the public building. Affirmed. * Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment. -1 /s/ Gary R. McDonald /s/ Myron H. Wahls /s/ John R. Weber -2

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