In a very sad case, the Michigan Court of Appeals in Oostdyk v. Caledonia Community Schools upheld a trial court’s dismissal of a claim against the school and a bus driver for allegedly causing brain damage. The school claimed governmental immunity after a bus driver continued driving the bus after a 17 year old suffered a seizure.…
In a recent Michigan Court of Appeals decision, Zezula v. City of Lincoln Park, the court ruled that there was sufficient evidence to create a factual dispute as to whether a street was maintained in reasonable repair and that the City had notice of the defect. Motion to Dismiss Filed and Defeated The City attempted to…
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled in Carlisle v. Wright that a trial court should be overturned after granting a motion for summary disposition and dismissing a claim by a 75 year old accident victim. The court held that the woman’s rapid cognitive degeneration after the accident constituted a serious impairment of a body…
