Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker filed an application in the Michigan Supreme Court on February 25 in the case of Menard v Imig requesting the Michigan Supreme Court to tie up loose ends in the interpretation of the notice provision in the Highway Exception to governmental immunity under the Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA), [...]
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Michigan Supreme Court Poised to Decide Whether Strict or Substantial Compliance is Sufficient Under Highway Exception to Governmental Immunity
Oral arguments on applications to the Michigan Supreme Court have been scheduled to determine whether the notice provisions of the Governmental Tort Liability Act’s (GTLA) “highway exception” to immunity are to be “strictly” or only “substantially” complied with. The order springs from two Court of Appeals cases, Wigfall v Detroit, and West v Detroit. Both cases [...]
Amicus Curiae Brief filed for Oakland, Wayne and Macomb Counties in Michigan Supreme Court
I filed the attached brief amicus curiae on behalf of the three largest (by population) and contiguous counties in Michigan in the Supreme Court in support of the Department of Transportation's Application for Leave to appeal in the case of Yono v. Dep't of Transportation, 299 Mich. App. 102 (2012). Here is the brief: Yono v. Department of [...]