Governmental Immunity – Sidewalk – Trip And Fall
The trial court correctly refused to dismiss plaintiff’s trip-and-fall claim against the city of Clawson. The so-called two-inch rule contained in MCL 691.1402a(2) does not apply to the area in which...
View ArticleGovernmental Immunity – Sidewalk Injury – Notice
Where the trial court denied defendant city’s motion for summary disposition of plaintiff’s sidewalk trip-and-fall claim, remand is necessary so the court can further address whether defendant had...
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Whitmore v. Charlevoix County Road Comm’n. (Lawyers Weekly No. 06-75816 – 1 page) On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 7, 2010 judgment of the Court of Appeals is...
View ArticleGovernmental Immunity – Highway Exception – Notice Of Condition
In this personal injury case brought under the highway exception to governmental immunity, the trial court correctly ruled that defendant county had notice of the condition – loose gravel on the...
View ArticleGovernmental Immunity – City didn’t have notice of defective sidewalk
The trial court incorrectly denied a city’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s defective-sidewalk injury claim because she did not establish that the city had notice of the alleged defect as required by MCL...
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