Prep tennis player smacked in eye with ball loses appeal
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court said it won’t be the next umpire in a dispute over an eye injury at a high school tennis practice.
But the 4-3 decision Friday was as close as a ball falling near the white line.
Bradley Trecha suffered a permanent eye injury when a ball struck him at practice at Fenton High School in 2016.
Brenden Remillard said he was frustrated after losing a match and didn’t look before hitting the ball that smacked the 14-year-old freshman. He apologized and got his teammate some ice.
A Genesee County judge and the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Remillard and dismissed the lawsuit. The appeals court said it is “reasonable to foresee that participants will cease hitting tennis balls at different times,” even when practice is over.
The Supreme Court, which heard arguments in April, said it won’t take the case, which means the appeals court decision will stand.
Justice Megan Cavanagh wrote a lengthy dissent. She said the factual conclusions made in lower courts did not match evidence in the case.
“The coach made the team run after practice as punishment for the incident,” Cavanagh wrote. “Thus, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to (Trecha), defendant’s conduct was prohibited during Fenton High School tennis practices.”
Michigan residents, she said, don’t “foresee being subjected to the risk of a player angrily and blindly striking a ball while playing tennis in their local park.”
Cavanagh was joined by justices Richard Bernstein and Elizabeth Welch.
HGTV’s Nicole Curtis wins dispute over Detroit home project
DETROIT (AP) — The star of HGTV’s “Rehab Addict Rescue” has won a dispute with Detroit over ownership of a blighted home.
Nicole Curtis said she has spent at least $60,000 to start fixing up the home after buying it from a couple for $17,000. But the Detroit Land Bank Authority stepped forward and said it was the actual legal owner.
Wayne County Judge Tim Kenny ruled in Curtis’ favor, saying her renovation group had recorded a title to the property before the Land Bank did, The Detroit News reported Friday.
Kenny told Curtis to complete the renovation and reduce the risk to the public.
Curtis’ Detroit Renovations LLC apparently didn’t know that the house had returned to the Land Bank’s control after the previous owners failed to fixed it up.
Mayor Mike Duggan has said Curtis was “scammed” by people who didn’t legally own the property. But after the court ruling, the mayor called to congratulate her.
“As far as we are concerned, the matter is resolved,” Duggan spokesman John Roach said.
Curtis’ attorney declined to comment. The newspaper said Curtis intends to spend $500,000 to revive the property.
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