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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Johnson v. Villa Elizabeth--Butterworth - 9/24/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff, as personal representative of the estate of Margaret White, appeals from the trial court's grant of defendant's motion for summary disposition. We affirm.
I. Facts and Proceedings
In August...
Bynum v. Esab Group - 9/24/2002
This product liability litigation has an extensive history. It is now before this Court on defendant's application for leave to appeal. We reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and the order of the circuit court that granted...
Green v. Voyager Property and Casualty Insurance Co. - 9/24/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this insurance policy coverage case, plaintiffs appeal as of right the trial court's grant of summary disposition in favor of defendant. We affirm.
In November 1999, the deceased, Della Green, underwent a...
Allstate Insurance Co. v. Maroki - 9/24/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Following a jury trial, the trial court entered a declaratory judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendants appeal as of right from the judgment. We affirm.
Defendants, who are brothers, obtained an insurance...
Fulton v. Pontiac General Hospital - 9/20/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In this medical malpractice action, defendants appeal by leave granted from the trial court's order denying their motion for summary disposition. We reverse.
I. Facts
On February 15, 1995, Julie...
Blamer v. Guiang - 9/20/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants. We affirm.
On July 16, 1998, defendant doctor changed plaintiff's medication from Procardia to Diovan. On July 30,...
Herteg v. Somerset Collection GP - 9/20/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this premises liability negligence action, defendants appeal as of right from a judgment entered following a jury trial awarding plaintiff $100,781.34. We affirm.
Defendants Somerset Collection GP, Inc., and...
Auto Club Group Insurance Co. v. Daniel - 9/13/2002
Approved for publication November 8, 2002.
Defendant Richard Bearinger appeals as of right from an order of summary disposition in favor of plaintiff Auto Club Group Insurance Company (ACGIC). We affirm.
Bearinger filed a...
Carriveau v. Mandell - 9/10/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right the circuit court's order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
On March 30,...
Joliff v. Detroit City Dairy - 9/6/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals by leave granted from the trial court's order denying its motion for summary disposition. We affirm.
Plaintiff Floyd Joliff was hired to work the night shift as a picker of goods in...
Haas v. Briggs - 9/3/2002
UNPUBLISHED
This case arises out of a vehicle-pedestrian accident that resulted in Arthur Haas' death. Arthur Haas was the pedestrian, and defendant Jeffrey Duane Briggs drove the vehicle. Defendant Jerry Duane Briggs owned the...
Candelaria v. BC General Contractors - 9/3/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendant Horizon Cablevision, Inc., appeals by leave granted the trial court's order denying its motion for summary disposition. We reverse and remand.
The facts of this case are set forth in Candelaria v B...
Snell v. Jewell - 8/30/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this personal injury case, plaintiff Jason Snell appeals as of right from a jury verdict against defendant James Jewell and the jury's finding of no liability against defendant Unger Enterprises Inc., d/b/a Empty...
Eubanks v. Henry Ford Hospital - 8/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this consolidated appeal, defendant Henry Ford Hospital appeals by leave granted two orders of the circuit court denying defendant's motion to change venue and granting in part defendant's motion for summary...
Roberts v. Mecosta County General Hospital - 8/27/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
ON REMAND
In the original opinion, this Court held that defendants had waived their challenge to the adequacy of plaintiff's notice of intent in this medical malpractice case by waiting until after the...
Fryman v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. - 8/27/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant State Farm Mutual Insurance Company appeals as of right from an order denying its motion for summary disposition and granting summary disposition in favor of plaintiff Lyndell Fryman pursuant to MCR...
Bonfiglio v. Pamer - 8/23/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this case involving the theft of monies between March 1983 through September 1995, plaintiffs appeal as of right in Docket No. 222602 from a judgment entered in their favor after a jury trial. Plaintiffs were...
Wilcoxon v. Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services - 8/23/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendant Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services (WLNCS) appeals by leave granted from an order of the circuit court denying its motion for mandatory dismissal of plaintiff's lawsuit for failure to follow the...
Alexander v. Demmer Corporation - 8/20/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff filed suit under the intentional tort exception of the Workers' Disability Compensation Act (WDCA), MCL 418.131(1), following a workplace accident at defendant Demmer Corporation's Delta plant that resulted...
Harris v. City of Dearborn - 8/9/2002
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 was...
Bowden v. Hutzel Hospital - 8/9/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order approving a settlement agreement in this medical malpractice action arising out of the birth of Thornell Bowden, Jr. who suffered a brain injury and severe neo-natal...
Baretta v. Dimitijevic - 8/6/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the order granting defendant's motion for directed verdict of no cause of action on plaintiff's malpractice claim. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument...
Flanigan v. Vichunas - 8/6/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the order granting summary disposition to defendants on her premises liability claim. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). ...
Toppa v. Lala - 8/2/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendants-appellants appeal as of right from a judgment in plaintiff's favor entered after the court granted a motion for a new trial or additur. We reverse and remand for reinstatement of the original verdict. This...
Leksche v. Perkowski - 8/2/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals by right the trial court's grant of summary disposition for defendants. Plaintiff had filed a wrongful death claim alleging that defendant was negligent in the maintenance and inspection of the smoke...
Randolph v. Adams - 8/2/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Appellant Gard Adams, M.D., appeals by leave granted the trial court's orders granting plaintiffs' combined motion to strike his pleadings and for summary disposition, and entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs. We...
Burdick v. Ingham Regional Medical Center - 8/2/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from 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).
On July 12,...
Sington v. Chrysler Corp. - 7/31/2002
BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH
This case concerns eligibility for worker's compensation benefits pursuant to the Worker's Disability Compensation Act (WDCA) definition of disability at MCL 418.301(4) and the reasonable employment...
People v. Wright - 6/28/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property in excess of $20,000, MCL 750.535(2)(a), involuntary manslaughter with a motor vehicle, MCL 750.321, and leaving the scene of...
Sanders v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation - 6/28/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In Docket No. 228305, plaintiffs appeal as of right a judgment of no cause of action in this product liability action arising from the death of seven-year-old Alison Sanders from injuries sustained in an automobile...
People v. McGuigan - 6/25/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant was convicted by a jury of second-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer, MCL 750.479a(4), and felonious assault, MCL 750.82. He was sentenced as a fourth habitual offender, MCL 769.12, to concurrent...
E & L Transport Company - 6/25/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm.
I. Background Facts and Procedural History
The facts...
Doyle v. Archbold Ladder Co. - 6/25/2002
UNPUBLISHED
This product liability case arises out of an injury in which plaintiffs sought to recover damages from defendants, the manufacturer and the retail seller of an aluminum stepladder. Following a jury trial, a verdict...
Linton v. Schafer Bakeries - 6/25/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In these consolidated cases, plaintiffs appeal by leave granted from opinions and orders of the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission affirming the magistrate's determination regarding the method of...
Cragg v. Auburn Counseling Associates - 6/25/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right final orders of dismissal entered following the granting of defendants' motions for summary disposition in these consolidated negligence actions. We affirm with regard to the Gragg...
Nippa v. Botsford General Hospital - 6/21/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's June 6, 2000, order of involuntary dismissal. We affirm.
Plaintiff initially filed the present action in Oakland...
Knobloch v. Langholz - 6/21/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm.
I. Facts and Procedural History
This case involves a...
Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Dale G. Kennedy & Sons Warehouse - 6/21/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Cross-plaintiffs/appellants Jervis B. Webb Company (Webb), Indemnity Insurance Company of North America (IINA), and Westchester Insurance Company (Westchester) (hereinafter referred to collectively as "the Webb...
Parizon v. Children's Hospital of Michigan - 6/21/2002
UNPUBLISHED
ON REMAND
In this medical malpractice case, we previously reversed the trial court's order granting plaintiff's motion for additur, and remanded for a new trial on both liability and damages. Parizon v...
People v. Thomas - 6/11/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree felony murder, MCL 750.316(1)(b), first-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer, MCL 750.479a(5), and failure to stop at the scene of a serious...
Allstate Insurance Company v. McCarn - 6/11/2002
BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH
This is an action for declaratory judgment. Allstate Insurance Company seeks a determination of its obligation to indemnify its insureds in connection with an underlying wrongful death suit stemming from...
Benson Associates - 6/11/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Following a jury trial, defendants Bodytechniques and B.H. Vanderbeke appeal as of right from the trial court's entry of judgment for plaintiff. The jury returned a special verdict finding for plaintiff with respect...
In re Guerra - 6/11/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right the circuit court's order granting defendants summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) and (8) in this medical malpractice action. We affirm.
Bradley Guerra, plaintiff's...
Dudek v. St. John's Hospital - 6/11/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from a judgment granting defendant's motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) based on the trial court's finding that the action was time-barred under the applicable...
Brousseau v. Daykin Electric Corp. - 6/7/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order effectuating the jury verdict entered against defendant and reducing plaintiff's award of future economic damages to present value. Defendant cross-appeals as...
Sharon v. Women's Health Specialists of Macomb County - 6/4/2002
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a judgment of no cause of action entered in this medical malpractice action. Defendants have filed a conditional cross appeal. We affirm. This appeal is being...
People v. Duboise - 6/4/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals as of right his sentence of eight to fifteen years in prison for his convictions of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree, MCL 750.520e, and habitual offender, fourth or subsequent offense,...
Turney v. Coticchio - 6/4/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In these consolidated cases, defendants appeal by leave granted from a circuit court order denying their motions to enforce a settlement agreement. We reverse. These appeals are being decided without oral argument...
Martinez v. L&G;Industrial Products - 6/4/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings. This appeal is being decided without...
Dubois v. Butz Industries - 6/4/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from an order granting summary disposition for defendants pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) and (10). See Dubois v Betz Industries No 1, 462 Mich 903 (2000). We conclude that the trial...
Ashby v. Byrnes - 6/4/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In this action alleging medical malpractice, plaintiffs appeal as of right from the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants Paul M. Byrnes, M.D., and Paul M. Byrnes, M.D., P.C. The...
Kirkaldy v. Rim - 6/4/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendants Raina M. Ernstoff, M.D., and Raina M. Ernstoff, M.D., P.C. (Ernstoff defendants), appeal as of right an order dismissing plaintiffs' complaint without prejudice. We affirm.
I.
Defendant...
Lawrence v. Systems - 6/4/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this negligence, personal injury action, defendant appeals as of right from a judgment, following a jury trial, awarding Lloyd C. Ginger damages of $173,658.41, plus interest and costs. We affirm.
After...
Miller v. Mercy Memorial Hospital Corp. - 6/4/2002
This case presents the issue whether the six-month discovery provision in MCL 600.5838a(2), applicable to medical malpractice claims, is incorporated in the wrongful death saving statute as a "period of limitation." MCL 600.5852....
Twichel v. Mic General Insurance Corp. - 5/31/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
In this action for declaratory relief, defendant appeals as of right from an order granting summary disposition to plaintiff and denying summary disposition to defendant. We affirm.
Plaintiff's decedent,...
Jackson v. CNA Insurance Co. - 5/31/2002
UNPUBLISHED
These consolidated appeals involve a motor vehicle accident that occurred on December 9, 1997, in which plaintiff Lakeshia Jackson and her son, Martez Cullom, allegedly were injured. Defendant CNA Insurance Company...
McComber v. McGuire Steel Erection Inc. - 5/31/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiff appeals, by leave granted, an order of the Workers' Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC) that reversed a magistrate's award of benefits. We reverse and remand.
I. Introduction
In this...
Gunter v. OTM Corp. - 3/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order granting defendants' motions for summary disposition, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant OTM when John Burnell, his...
Estate of Gordon - 3/22/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from separate orders of the Court of Claims and Saginaw Circuit Court that granted defendant-appellants summary disposition of plaintiff's claims arising from the decedent's wrongful...
People v. Mutchie - 3/22/2002
Approved for publication May 10, 2002.
Defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) (sexual penetration by an actor armed with a weapon), MCL 750.520b(1)(e), and one count of kidnapping,...
Boyle v. General Motors Corp. - 3/22/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiffs appeal as of right a circuit court order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff Patricia Boyle applied to buy an existing...
Chernoff v. Sinai Hospital of Greater Detroit - 3/22/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendants Sinai Hospital of Greater Detroit and The Detroit Medical Center (defendants) appeal by leave granted the order denying their motion for summary disposition brought pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(5) and (7) in...
Ray v. Rheem Textile Systems - 3/19/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from a jury verdict of no cause of action in this products liability case. We affirm.
Plaintiff, who had about twenty years of experience in the pressing and dry cleaning business,...
Terrace Land Development Corp. v. Seeligson & Jordan - 3/19/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a judgment granting defendants' motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). The trial court dismissed plaintiffs' legal malpractice action on the grounds that it...
Ellman v. Officenter - 3/15/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff, as Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for Linda Robertson, appeals as of right the October 6, 1999, judgment on jury verdict, in which judgment for plaintiff was entered against defendants Hogback Officenter and...
Stout v. Carver - 3/15/2002
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right the order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition in this premises liability action involving a dog bite. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without...
Ogden Martin Systems of Dent County - 3/12/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a trial court order that granted all defendants summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) and (10) on the basis that the applicable limitations period barred plaintiffs'...
Williams v. Continental Insurance Co. - 3/12/2002
UNPUBLISHED
In this no-fault automobile insurance case, plaintiff appeals as of right the adequacy of a judgment verdict in his favor and an order denying his posttrial motion for costs, attorney fees, and interest. We affirm. ...
Daraban v. State - 3/5/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the Court of Claims' entry of a judgment of no cause of action in this negligence suit for the wrongful death of plaintiff's decedent, who died when his vehicle drove off the...
Williams v. AAA Michigan - 3/5/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
This case joins the legion of published opinions that interpret Michigan's no fault act because it involves yet another, novel factual wrinkle to which neither this Court nor the Michigan Supreme Court previously...
Florence v. Hatfield Used Cars - 3/1/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendant Hatfield Used Cars, Inc. under MCR 2.116(C)(10). We reverse and remand.
This case arises out of an...
Leibel v. General Motors Corp. - 3/1/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
I. Nature of the Case
Plaintiffs attached to their complaint a document (identified as the "Toth Memo") that General Motors (GM) says is protected from use in this litigation by the attorney-client privilege...
Abernathy v. Northway - 3/1/2002
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right the order denying his motion to adjourn and granting defendant's motion to dismiss. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR...
Konway v. Jordan - 3/1/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Before: O'Connell, P.J., and White and Cooper, JJ.
Plaintiffs appeal as of right the judgment of no cause of action entered following an eight-day jury trial in this medical malpractice action. We affirm. ...
Smith v. Everett - 3/1/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals 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 to MCR 7.214(E). ...
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