Tenant's Contract and Negligence Claims Against City Are Dismissed

DETROIT - A public housing tenant who previously assured a federal court considering remand that there were no federal issues cannot amend her state court action to add a federal civil rights claim when the state law claims fail, a Michigan appellate court has ruled. Brooks v. City of Detroit, et al., No. 282413 (Mich. Ct. App.).

The Court of Appeals said in its unpublished, per curiam opinion on Jan. 29 that the Wayne Circuit Court did not err in denying Amanda Brooks leave to amend and dismissing her negligence claims against the City of Detroit and the Detroit Housing …