Oral Argument Ordered — Estate of Plunkett v. Dep’t of Transportation
Estate of Plunkett v. Dep’t of Transportation. (Lawyers Weekly No. 06-73277 – 1 page) On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the November 3, 2009 judgment of the Court of Appeals is...
View ArticleGovernmental Immunity — Highway Exception — Utility Pole Guy Wire
The trial court correctly denied the city of Royal Oak and two of its employees’ motions for summary disposition based on governmental immunity in a case where plaintiff’s decedent was killed while...
View ArticleLeave Denied
Williams v. City of Detroit. (Lawyers Weekly No. 06-74230 – 3 pages) On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 25, 2010 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and...
View ArticleWhen is a road not a road? When it’s a forest road or trailway, MSC says
The Little Manistee Trail, a forest road that travels through Manistee National Forest, is a trailway under the highway exception of the Michigan Governmental Tort Liability Act (MGTLA), the Michigan...
View ArticleGovernmental Immunity – Highway Exception – Oral Argument Ordered
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the July 21, 2011 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the...
View ArticleMunicipal Law – Immunity — ‘Alley’
Where a defendant city moved for summary disposition in a slip-and-fall case, it was not error for the motion to be denied under the “highway exception” to governmental immunity. The post Municipal Law...
View ArticleMunicipal — Immunity – Highway exception
Where the defendant city moved for summary disposition on a negligence claim brought by a plaintiff who was injured on the pavement of a street during a parade, the motion should have been allowed...
View ArticleMDOT has immunity from suit by cyclist
Governmental immunity shields the Michigan Department of Transportation from tort liability in a case where a cyclist was injured when her bike hit a broken road marker, the Court of Appeals has held...
View ArticleNegligence – Governmental immunity – Highway exception
Where two state defendants were awarded summary disposition on a complaint filed by a plaintiff who was injured while camping when she stepped in a pothole in an asphalt road, that judgment should be...
View ArticleRoad’s defective condition defeats highway exception
The trial court made no error in granting judgment in favor of a passenger who suffered a broken back after the bus she was riding on launched her and other passengers into the air after hitting a...
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