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Subjective Good Faith Exception Established by Michigan Supreme Court in Odom v Wayne County Continues to Clearly Delineate Parameters of Liability for Law Enforcement Officers in Michigan

on March 5, 2020May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

In a case brought to the Michigan Supreme Court by Carson J. Tucker in 2008, Odom v. Wayne County, a seminal (and essentially unanimous) decision and a lasting jurisprudential pillar of governmental tort liability law in Michigan, the Court interpreted the "subjective, good-faith" exception to intentional tort and gross-negligence claims found in Michigan's Governmental Tort [...]

Supreme Court to Consider Scope of Highway Defect Exception

on November 6, 2013May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

In Yono v. MDOT, Supreme Court Case No. 146603, a case in which I submitted an amicus curiae brief for Macomb County Department of Roads, Oakland County Road Commission and Wayne County in support of the state's application for leave to appeal, the Supreme Court granted oral argument on the application and invited additional briefing. Read [...]