Michigan Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Michigan or Court of Appeals of Michigan where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Brooks v. Michigan Department of Transportation - 3/13/2003
UNPUBLISHED
I. Facts and Procedural History
In each of these consolidated cases, the defendant, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) appeals the trial court's order which denied MDOT's motion for summary...
Christy v. Detroit Osteopathic Hospital Corp. - 3/11/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition. We affirm.
Plaintiff's decedent allegedly contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
Estate of McNab v. Henry Ford Hospital - 3/6/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting defendant summary disposition based on the statute of limitations and denying plaintiff 's motion to amend her complaint. We affirm.
Plaintiff...
Old Kent Bank v. Kal Kustom - 2/28/2003
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiff Old Kent Bank (Old Kent) filed suit in this action as an assignee of J & M Marine Inc.'s rights against defendant Kal Kustom Enterprises (Kal Kustom). The trial court granted summary disposition to...
Buchanan v. Putansu - 2/25/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right the trial court's order granting defendants' motions for summary disposition. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
On July 14,...
Briggs v. Peralta - 2/21/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff commenced this action to recover attorney fees from defendants, who represented Josephine Nicolaou in connection with a post-judgment challenge to the property division provisions of a divorce judgment...
Blackmon v. Genesys Regional Medical Center - 2/21/2003
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs appeal by right the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm.
Plaintiff argues that the trial...
People v. Lee - 2/21/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC I), MCL 750.520b(1)(f), and aggravated assault, MCL 750.81. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of fifteen...
Cornelius v. Joseph - 2/21/2003
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Defendant K.M. Joseph, a vascular...
In re Estate of Sawaya - 2/21/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Pamela Sawaya Sobieski appeals as of right the trial court's order granting defendant's summary disposition motion regarding her medical malpractice claims. We affirm.
This Court reviews the grant of...
Molitor v. Charter County of Wayne - 2/21/2003
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right the order granting defendant Wayne County's motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant...
Harris v. Department of Corrections - 2/18/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals by leave granted the order denying its motion for relief from judgment, in which defendant sought the retroactive application of Brown v Genesee Co Bd of Commr's, 464 Mich 430; 628 NW2d 471 (2001)....
Wolfe v. Oakland County Road Commission - 2/18/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Kerrie L. Wolfe, by her guardian, Karen Wolfe, appeals as of right from the trial court's order that granted summary disposition to defendants Oakland County Road Commission and City of Troy in this...
Potter v. Ingham Regional Medical Center - 2/18/2003
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiffs appeal as of right the order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition in this medical malpractice action. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant...
Estate of Shinholster v. Annapolis Hospital - 2/14/2003
FOR PUBLICATION
In these consolidated medical malpractice cases, defendants appeal as of right from a judgment for plaintiff entered after a jury trial. We affirm.
Plaintiff's decedent, Betty Jean Shinholster, made four...
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company v. Fieger - 2/14/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Defendants Geoffrey Fieger, Fieger, Fieger & Schwartz P.C. and Fieger, Fieger, Schwartz & Kenney P.C. ("defendants" or "the Fieger defendants") appeal as of right the December 4, 2000 order granting plaintiff...
Garrison v. Conklin - 2/14/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right the circuit court order granting summary disposition in favor of garnishee defendant Amerisure Companies. We affirm.
On October 30, 1994, defendant Conklin constructed four crosses...
Mahaffey v. CNA Insurance Companies - 2/14/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant CNA appeals as of right from a judgment for plaintiff that was entered pursuant to a jury verdict. We affirm.
This case arose when defendant Tyus' uninsured car rear-ended plaintiff's car, causing...
Chrysler Corp. v. Sheridan - 2/11/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant and counterplaintiff Paul Sheridan ("Sheridan") appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting plaintiff and counterdefendant Chrysler Corporation's ("Chrysler") motion for summary disposition...
Holton v. A+ Insurannce Associates - 2/11/2003
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiffs filed this action to recover a shortfall in insurance proceeds after a house fire, claiming that defendants negligently failed to procure adequate homeowner's insurance to cover plaintiffs' home after...
Markley v. Oak Health Care Investors of Coldwater - 2/7/2003
FOR PUBLICATION
In this medical malpractice-wrongful death action, defendants appeal as of right from a $354,133 judgment entered in favor of plaintiff following a jury trial on damages. Defendants maintain that the judgment...
Meyer Construction Co. v. Meyer - 2/7/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals by right the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10) (no genuine issue of material fact). We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff argues...
Lysyuk v. Dutko - 2/4/2003
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice action, defendant appeals by leave granted from an order denying his motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(7). We reverse.
The timeline relevant to this case is as...
Weakland v. Toledo Engineering Company - 2/4/2003
I.
In this worker's compensation matter, we are called on to construe the statutory provision that places the obligation on the employer to supply the injured employee with appliances that are necessary to alleviate the effects...
Shinkle v. Shinkle - 1/31/2003
FOR PUBLICATION
ON REHEARING
In this post-judgment divorce action, plaintiff appeals by leave granted an order of the trial court denying his motion for discovery of defendant's antenuptial agreement with her new husband,...
Wineland v. Adam - 1/31/2003
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the order granting summary disposition to defendant pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) in this medical malpractice action. We affirm.
Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice complaint...
Touchstone v. Granholm - 1/28/2003
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs appeal as of right from a judgment of no cause of action. We affirm.
Plaintiffs contend that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing two physicians, who...
Olsen v. Toyota Technical Center - 12/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
The jury found in favor of plaintiff Larry J. Olsen in this case concerning Toyota's responsibility to accommodate his back injury pursuant to the Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (PWDCRA). The jury...
Keller v. Dunlap - 12/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right a jury verdict in favor of defendant in this automobile-related personal injury claim. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR...
Dicicco v. Jurkiw - 12/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff, David Dicicco, appeals as of right the trial court's grant of summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10) in favor of defendants, Christopher Jurkiw ("Jurkiw") and Renay Jurkiw , in this...
Beagle v. General Motors Corp. - 12/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Bruce Beagle appeals by right the trial court's order of judgment entered in accordance with the jury's verdict of no cause of action. Defendant Cindy Kayanek cross appeals the trial court's denial of her...
Lampkin v. McIntosh - 12/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting summary disposition to defendants pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm.
I. Basic Facts and Procedural History ...
Piontek v. Armstrong - 12/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff appeals as of right from an order of the circuit court granting summary disposition to defendant James Armstrong, D.O. We reverse.
The facts underlying this appeal are...
Chastain v. General Motors Corp. - 12/27/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
ON REMAND
This case is before this Court on remand from our Supreme Court vacating this Court's judgment and directing reconsideration and clarification of a specific portion of our prior opinion in lieu of...
Lepo v. Supreme Distributors Company Inc. - 12/20/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals, by leave granted, the WCAC's February 7, 2002 order which, among other things, affirmed the magistrate's denial of plaintiff's claim for benefits relating to an alleged closed head injury sustained...
Jones v. General Motors Corporation - 12/20/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this case arising as a result of an automobile accident, defendant appeals as of right from the judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs. We affirm.
In April 1995, plaintiff Rodney Jones...
Young v. Sellers - 12/20/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In this medical malpractice action, defendants appeal by leave granted the trial court's order granting plaintiff's motion for late filing of an affidavit of merit and denying defendants' motion for summary...
Fournier v. Mercy Community Health Care System-Port Huron - 12/20/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendant Mercy Community Health Care System-Port Huron (defendant Mercy) appeals by leave granted and defendants Peter J. Clive, M.D. and X-ray Associates of Port Huron (defendant X-ray) cross-appeal an order...
Towns v. Sinai Hospital - 12/17/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right an order granting summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10) in favor of defendant Sinai Hospital in this medical malpractice action. We affirm.
I. Basic Facts and Procedural...
Magnotta v. Bon Secours Hospital - 12/17/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting summary disposition to defendant Bon Secours Hospital pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10) in this medical malpractice action. We affirm.
Plaintiff...
Hayton v. McLachlan - 12/17/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff, Anthony Hayton, the personal representative of David Hayton ("Hayton"), appeals as of right from the judgment of no cause of action entered following a jury trial, and...
Jones v. Enertel - 12/17/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In this slip and fall premises liability action, defendant city of South Lyon ("South Lyon") appeals by leave granted the trial court's order denying its motion to name Enterel, Inc., as a non-party at fault. We...
Shinkle v. Shinkle - 12/13/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In this post-judgment divorce action, plaintiff appeals by leave granted an order of the trial court denying his motion for discovery of defendant's antenuptial agreement with her new husband, James Rodney, as a...
Williams v. Rutherford - 12/13/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the circuit court's order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7), based on the exclusive remedy provision of the Worker's Disability...
People v. Holbrook - 12/13/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals as of right from his conviction for kidnapping, MCL 750.349, two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct committed during the course of a felony, MCL 750.520b(1)(c), and two counts of...
Clark v. Martin - 12/13/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this dental malpractice case, plaintiffs appeal as of right an order granting summary disposition for defendants. Plaintiffs assert that their action is not barred by the six-year statute of repose because...
Quest Diagnostics - 12/10/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In these consolidated appeals, plaintiffs appeal as of right from the trial court's order granting summary disposition for defendants. We reverse to the extent that these cases relate to defendant Corby Energy...
Lonsby v. Powerscreen - 12/10/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this products liability and intentional tort case, plaintiff appeals as of right an order granting summary disposition for defendants. Plaintiff claims that defendants Powerscreen USA, Powerscreen International,...
In re Shields - 12/6/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeals as of right the probate court's order requiring it to pay attorney fees incurred by petitioner as conservator of his daughter's estate. We reverse....
Rosenfeld v. Bithell - 12/6/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiff Keywell and Rosenfeld (K&R; appeals as of right the July 21, 1998, judgment the trial court entered after the jury found in favor of Thomas and Irene Bithell. K&R; a law firm that has ceased...
Versicherungs v. Lawson - 12/3/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendants appeal by leave granted the trial court's order denying leave to file a motion to dismiss pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). We reverse and remand for entry of an order dismissing plaintiff's claim with...
Dunn v. Detroit Auto Inter-Insurance Exchange - 12/3/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendant Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange ("DAIIE"), appeals as of right the lower court's order granting plaintiff Bradley Dunn summary disposition in this no-fault automobile insurance benefits...
Gifford v. Grimes - 12/3/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Jessica Gifford appeals as of right the trial court's order granting summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) to defendants, employees of the Ypsilanti School District, in this personal injury action....
People v. Wilson - 12/3/2002
UNPUBLISHED
A jury convicted defendant Seth Mitchell Ulyssess Wilson of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC I). The trial court sentenced Wilson to eight to twenty-five years in prison. Wilson appeals as of right. We...
People v. Canfield - 11/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b(1)(f), and sentenced to ten to twenty years' imprisonment. He appeals as of right. We affirm.
Defendant...
Stage v. Mt. Clemens General Hospital - 11/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice case tried before a jury, plaintiffs appeal by right an order denying their motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), new trial, and additur. We affirm.
I. Background ...
Zimmermann v. Garden City Osteopathic Hospital - 11/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the trial court's order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm.
This is a medical malpractice action. Plaintiff Charles Zimmermann...
Powell v. Pippin - 11/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Deborah Powell appeals by right a grant of summary disposition in favor of defendants Linda Pippin and Donald Dierolf pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral...
People v. Hearns - 11/19/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant was charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC), MCL 750.520b(1)(F) (causing personal injury to the victim and force and coercion used to accomplish sexual penetration). Following...
Kief v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. - 11/19/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant Universal Underwriters Insurance Company appeals as of right the order granting plaintiff Harry Kief's motion for partial summary disposition and denying defendant's counter-motion for summary disposition. ...
Groh-Willis v. Great West Casualty Insurance Co. - 11/19/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals by leave granted the trial court's order denying its motion for summary disposition based on a release. We reverse. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). ...
Brooks v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. - 11/19/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the circuit court's order granting summary disposition of her claims. Plaintiff sought declaratory relief to compel defendants Auto Club Insurance Association (ACIA) and/or State...
Van Vleet v. Consolidated Rail Corp. - 11/19/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting summary disposition to defendant Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) in this wrongful death action. We affirm.
This case involves the drowning...
Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. Aikens - 11/15/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this declaratory judgment action, defendant Joan Rosales Palacio appeals as of right a circuit court order granting summary disposition in favor of plaintiff. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral...
People v. Schaub - 11/15/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendant's appeal is before us by an order of the Supreme Court that, in lieu of granting leave to appeal, remanded the case to this Court for consideration as on leave granted. People v Schaub, 463 Mich 910; 620...
Allstate Insurance Co. v. McCarn - 11/15/2002
UNPUBLISHED
ON REMAND
I. Nature of the Case
This case is before us on remand from the Supreme Court to determine whether the insurance policy's criminal acts exclusion negates Allstate's duty to indemnify the...
Zdrojewski v. Murphy - 11/15/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendants appeal as of right from a judgment for plaintiff in this medical malpractice case. Plaintiff cross-appeals the trial court's decision to reduce the damages awarded by the jury pursuant to MCL 600.1483....
Hi-Tech Engineering - 11/12/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Hi-Tech Engineering, Inc ("Hi-Tech") filed an action against defendant Paul S. Buiten ("Buiten") and his insurance agency alleging negligence and misrepresentation in selling a general liability policy...
Kurc v. McLaren Regional Medical Center - 11/8/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
Plaintiff broke...
Vandenberg v. Vandenberg - 11/1/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
This case is before this Court following our reversal and remand in VandenBerg v VandenBerg, 231 Mich App 497, 503; 586 NW2d 570 (1998) ("VandenBerg I"). Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order...
Burks v. Jordan - 11/1/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant, Kevin Jordan, appeals as of right the trial court's final judgment and order which obligated him to pay plaintiff mediation sanctions in the amount of $23,320. We reverse and remand.
I. Facts and...
Files v. Sinai-Grace Hospital - 11/1/2002
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right from a circuit court order dismissing her complaint for failure to file an affidavit of merit that complied with MCL 600.2912d(1). We affirm. This appeal is being...
Ligouri v. Wyandotte Hospital and Medical Center - 9/27/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendant appeals by leave granted the April 26, 2000 order by the trial court requiring defendant to turn over to plaintiff its incident report and related documents pertaining to a fall suffered by the plaintiff...
Witucki v. Bay County - 9/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendants appeal from a judgment of the circuit court entered in favor of plaintiffs following a jury trial on plaintiffs' employment discrimination claims. We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff Sally Witucki...
Allstate Insurance Co. v. Muszynski - 9/24/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiff Allstate Insurance Company appeals as of right from a circuit court order denying its motion for summary disposition and granting summary disposition in favor of defendants pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10)...
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