Odom v. Wayne County

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• holding that Ross applies to intentional torts while negligence is governed by Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1407(2)
• holding that “the burden continues to fall on the governmental employee to raise and prove his entitlement to immunity as an affirmative defense”
• holding that an officer is entitled to governmental immunity from false arrest and false imprisonment suits if he had probable cause
• recognizing that entitlement to governmental immunity must be established as an affirmative defense
• recognizing that entitlement to governmental immunity must be established as an affirmative defense
• holding that a governmental defendant is entitled to immunity for intentional torts if “(a) the acts were undertaken during the course of employment and the employee was acting, or reasonably believed that he was acting, within the scope of his authority, (b

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