I am writing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief on behalf of Wayne County and Michigan Townships Association, among others, in this public liability case in which the Supreme Court has granted the State of Michigan's application for leave to appeal to address whether "bodily injury" liability available against the government under the [...]
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Supreme Court Denies Application to Consider Whether Noneconomic Damages are Available Under No-Fault Act Against Governmental Entities
In Hodges.v.City of Dearborn et al, the Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's decision to allow a suit to proceed against a governmental entity in a wrongful death, liability suit involving a collision between a police vehicle responding to a reported fire and the plaintiff's decedent's vehicle. The Court of Appeals held the plaintiff's estate [...]
Michigan Supreme Court Holds Non-Economic (Mental Anguish) Damages Are Not Recoverable for Destruction of Property
This case, released on March 22, 2013, holds that the common-law rule is that non-economic damages may not be recovered for destruction of property. The case sets important parameters with respect to the current court's view of when and how the common-law should be adhered to, and how it should go about being changed. This [...]