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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Dunford v. Old Republic Insurance Co. - 2/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting the motion for summary disposition filed by defendant Auto Club Insurance Association (ACIA). We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral...
Wasson v. Westwood - 2/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's denial of her motion in limine to exclude evidence of a prior lawsuit, asserting that the denial of her motion produced the jury's verdict of no cause of action in her...
Kruger v. Jennings - 2/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. Facts and Procedural History ...
Roof v. Galupo - 2/26/2002
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiffs appeal as of right the trial 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). ...
Gleason v. Ernst & Young - 2/19/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals by right from the trial court's order granting summary disposition to defendant Ernst & Young ("defendant") under MCR 2.116(C)(7) and (8). We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part. ...
People v. Magby - 2/15/2002
UNPUBLISHED
ON REMAND
This case is before us on remand from the Supreme Court. On original submission, we concluded that the prosecutor's decision to charge defendant with the Group II offenses did not violate double...
Monat v. State Farm Insurance Co. - 2/15/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals by leave granted the order denying its motion for summary disposition in this action to recover first-party no-fault benefits. The court rejected defendant's claim that collateral estoppel barred...
Orta v. Health One Medical Center - 2/15/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a circuit court order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR...
Mielewski v. Laboratory Corporation of America - 2/12/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant, Laboratory Corporation of America ("LabCorp") appeals by leave granted the circuit court's order denying LabCorp's motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10). We reverse.
On November...
Kroh v. Meidema Auctioneering - 2/8/2002
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
In this wrongful death action, plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting summary disposition to defendant Miedema Auctioneering, Inc. We affirm.
This Court reviews the...
Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. Ryder Truck Rental - 2/8/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's orders granting defendant's motion for summary disposition and denying plaintiff's motion for reconsideration. Defendant cross- appeals. We reverse.
I. Basic Facts...
McCarthy v. Vitale - 2/8/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Respondents Russell Vitale, Sr., Deborah Vitale, Joseph Vitale, and Mae Vitale appeal as of right from an order of summary disposition requiring payment of damages of $1,323,000. We vacate that order and remand. ...
Clardy v. Milberger - 2/8/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendants Avery Milberger, M.D. and Anesthesia Services, P.C. appeal by leave granted from the trial court's order denying their motions for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) [statute of limitations] in...
Brown v. Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Co. - 2/8/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant Michigan Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Company appeals as of right from the order granting plaintiff Terrance Brown's motion for summary disposition. We affirm.
I. Basic Facts And Procedural History ...
Kaufman v. Detroit-Macomb Hospital Corporation - 2/8/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants. We affirm.
On April 1, 1998, plaintiff, a physician with his own private practice, began working as a...
Estate of Mitchell v. Dougherty - 2/8/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's orders granting summary disposition to defendants on their legal malpractice claims. We affirm.
I.
In June 1995, plaintiffs retained defendants to investigate and...
Lamp v. Reynolds - 2/5/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
Defendants appeal as of right from a judgment in plaintiffs' favor following a bench trial in this premises liability action involving the condition of defendants' motocross racetrack. We affirm.
In 1996,...
Craig v. Oakwood Hospital - 2/1/2002
FOR PUBLICATION
We agree with Judge Cooper's opinion in all respects except for portions of Section VII. Specifically, we disagree with the rejection of defendant Oakwood Hospital's challenge to the trial court's denial of its...
Ciaverella v. Winkelman - 2/1/2002
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the jury verdict of no cause of action. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
This case arises as a result of breast reduction surgery performed on plaintiff by defendant on...
Proffitt v. Proffitt - 2/1/2002
UNPUBLISHED
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right the judgment of divorce entered after trial. We affirm.
The parties were married on September 30, 1995, and did not have children. The sole issue for trial was the...
Young v. Nichols - 1/29/2002
UNPUBLISHED
After plaintiff failed to file her expert witness list by the deadline, the trial court ruled that plaintiff would not be allowed to present her expert witness at trial and, accordingly, could not establish her claim...
Regents of the University of Michigan v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. - 1/29/2002
APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION April 23, 2002
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE/CROSS- APPELLANT/CROSS-APPELLEE, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE/CROSS- APPELLEE/CROSS-APPELLANT, AND...
Barnowsky v. General Motors Corporation - 12/21/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals by leave granted an order of the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC), which reversed the magistrate and held that res judicata bars plaintiff's attempt to obtain payment for reasonable...
Willingham v. John - 12/21/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from a judgment of no cause of action in favor of defendant following the jury's verdict. We affirm.
Plaintiff rented her flat in the city of Detroit from defendant. On August 11,...
Martinez v. Consolidated Rail Corp. - 12/21/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this wrongful death action, plaintiff appeals as of right, challenging a jury verdict of no cause of action in favor of defendant City of Trenton, an order in limine restricting the arguments and evidence with...
Jordan v. United Technologies Automotive - 12/18/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals by leave granted from a circuit court order denying its motion for summary disposition of plaintiff's complaint on the basis that the applicable limitations period barred plaintiff's claim. We...
Cedar Springs Tractor & Equipment - 12/18/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this action alleging legal malpractice, plaintiffs appeal as of right the circuit court's orders granting summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7), on statute of limitations grounds. We affirm.
I. ...
Poole v. Fernando - 12/18/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from a circuit court order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR...
Adams v. Meijer - 12/18/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this products liability action against a retailer, defendant Meijer, Inc. appeals by leave granted the trial court's order denying defendant's motion for summary disposition. We reverse and remand.
I. Basic...
Chester v. St. John Hospital and Medical Center - 12/14/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the judgment on the jury verdict of no cause of action in this medical malpractice case. We affirm.
I. Facts
This case arises from the death of three-year-old Nathaniel...
Firman v. Les Stanford Pontiac-Oldsmobile-Cadillac-Mazda - 12/14/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal 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 Larry...
Kalliel v. University of Michigan Board of Regents - 12/11/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this consolidated appeal, plaintiff appeals as of right the order granting summary disposition to defendants pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) and (10) in this dental malpractice case in which plaintiff filed an amended...
Eggleston v. Bio-Medical Applications of Detroit - 12/11/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:05 a.m.
Plaintiff, Dennis Eggleston, as personal representative of the estate of Louisa Eggleston, deceased, appeals as of right from the October 25, 1999, order granting defendants, Bio-Medical...
Hasan v. Auto Club Insurance Association - 12/7/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a circuit court order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition. We affirm.
I. Facts and Proceedings
The parties do not dispute the essential facts of this...
Valencic v. Accident Fund Co. - 12/7/2001
9:10 a.m.
FOR PUBLICATION
Appellant Second Injury Fund (SIF) appeals by leave granted the WCAC's reversal of the magistrate's dismissal of SIF from the proceedings below. We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff was a...
McCaul v. Modern Tile and Carpet - 12/7/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:15 a.m.
Plaintiff Michael McCaul appeals by leave granted from the October 14, 1999, order of the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC) affirming the magistrate's denial of disability benefits....
Mann v. Shusteric Enterprises - 11/30/2001
UNPUBLISHED
ON REHEARING
Plaintiff brought this premises liability action against defendant for injuries he sustained as a result of a slip and fall in the parking lot of defendant's bar. Over defendant's objection, the...
Davis v. Cole - 11/30/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right, following a jury trial, from a judgment of no cause of action entered February 9, 2000. We affirm.
Plaintiff was injured following an automobile accident involving defendant's...
Martin v. City of East Lansing - 11/30/2001
APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION January 18, 2002
PATRICK MARTIN, MELANIE MARTIN, JAMES SULLIVAN, AND MARCIA SULLIVAN, PLAINTIFFS, v. CITY OF EAST LANSING, DEFENDANT, AND HUBBELL, ROTH & CLARK, INC., AND SOIL & MATERIAL...
Taylor v. Gate Pharmaceuticals - 11/30/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:05 a.m.
At issue in these consolidated product liability cases is the constitutionally of MCL 600.2946(5), which limits the liability of drug manufacturers and sellers. In Docket Nos. 217269, 217270,...
Chastain v. General Motors Corp. - 11/30/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this product liability action, plaintiff Emmett Chastain appeals by right the May 10, 1999 judgment in favor of defendant. This judgment was entered pursuant to a five to one jury finding that defendant was not...
Tuck v. Warren Consolidated. Schools - 9/28/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals by right from a jury-trial-based judgment awarding plaintiff three million dollars in this automobile negligence action. We affirm.
This case arose from a bus accident in September 1993. During...
Monte v. Toyota Motor Corp. - 9/28/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this products liability action, defendants Toyota Motor Corporation (hereinafter "TMC") and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (hereinafter "TMS") appeal as of right from the trial court's decision denying their...
Marcou v. Allstate Insurance Co. - 9/28/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant appeals as of right, challenging the trial court's grant of plaintiff's motion for summary disposition, and entry of judgment for plaintiff regarding his claim for no fault insurance personal injury...
People v. $176 - 9/25/2001
The issue raised in this appeal is whether statutory interest under MCL 600.6013 is owed when money that was the subject of a forfeiture proceeding under the controlled substances laws is ordered returned to the owner. The Court of...
Sweatt v. Department of Corrections - 9/25/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:10 a.m.
In this worker's compensation case, we must decide whether a provision of the statutory scheme governing the operation of the Department of Corrections (DOC), MCL 791.205a, relieves defendant of...
Hudick v. hastings Mutual Insurance Co. - 9/25/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:20 a.m.
Defendant appeals by right the trial court's orders granting plaintiff's motion for summary disposition, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(9) and (C)(10), and denying defendant's motions for summary...
Bishop v. Seabolt - 9/21/2001
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiffs appeal as of right the judgment of no cause of action entered after a jury trial. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
Plaintiffs brought this action...
Sherwood v. Alpena General Hospital - 9/21/2001
UNPUBLISHED
This is a medical malpractice action. Plaintiff appeals by right from an order granting defendant Hartzler's motion in limine to preclude plaintiff's expert witnesses' testimony regarding the applicable standard of...
Citizens Insurance Company of America v. Chrysler Insurance Co. - 9/18/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this dispute over insurance coverage and indemnity liability for a settlement amount in an underlying motor vehicle negligence action, plaintiff Citizens Insurance Company of America (Citizens) and defendants Four...
Stover v. Garfield - 9/14/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
Garnishee-defendant appeals from an order of the circuit court rejecting garnishee- defendant's motion for summary disposition and requiring garnishee-defendant to cover defendant Garfield's obligations under a...
Wyant v. Norton Shores Medi-Center - 9/11/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants on the basis that the statute of limitations barred plaintiff's claim....
Clifton v. Wegrecki - 9/11/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant Central Distributors of Beer, Inc. (Central), appeals by leave granted, and plaintiff cross-appeals from a circuit court order granting in part and denying in part Central's amended motion for summary...
Vargas v. Hong Jin Crown Corp. - 8/31/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:05 a.m.
Defendant Hong Jin Crown Corporation (HJC) appeals by leave granted the circuit court order denying its motion for summary disposition based on lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to MCR...
Krol v. Heidelburger Druckmaschinen AG - 8/28/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Leonard Krol appeals as of right from an order dismissing his case against defendants. This order effectively denied Krol's motion pursuant to MCR 2.612(C) for relief from the trial court's 1992 order...
Perez v. Black Clawson Co. - 8/28/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant, Big M Paperboard, Inc., appeals as of right from an order entering judgment in favor of plaintiff, Gilbert Perez, following a jury trial on plaintiff's negligence claim. The jury awarded plaintiff $195,000...
Vettese v. Jacobson Stores - 8/21/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Frank Vettese appeals as of right from the trial court's order dismissing his age discrimination and retaliation claims under MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm.
Plaintiff first contends that the trial court...
Kowalski v. Fiutowski - 8/17/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
In these consolidated medical malpractice cases, defendants appeal from the trial court's denial of their motions to set aside entry of default. In each case, the trial court held that MCL 600.2912e mandated a...
Lagow v. Segue - 8/17/2001
UNPUBLISHED
These consolidated appeals arise out of the murder of plaintiff's decedent, Tamara Welch. In Docket No. 219624, plaintiff Norman Lagow, personal representative of the estate of Tamara Welch, appeals as of right from...
Chaney v. Wegzyn - 8/17/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this dental malpractice action, plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm.
Plaintiff contends that...
Rojas v. Sparrow Hospital - 8/10/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right the trial court's orders granting defendants' motions for summary disposition in this medical malpractice action, finding that plaintiffs' action was barred by the statute of limitation....
Galbreath v. Tig Insurance Co. - 8/10/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the order granting summary disposition in favor of defendant. We affirm.
Duward Galbreath, plaintiff's husband, was killed when his motorcycle flipped over as he was exiting US...
Titan Insurance Co. v. Auto Club Insurance Association - 8/10/2001
UNPUBLISHED
This case involves a no-fault insurance coverage dispute between two automobile insurers. Plaintiff sued defendant to recover one-half of the no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) benefits that it paid to David...
Bakshi v. Gold - 8/10/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right, challenging several orders dismissing their various claims on summary disposition in this legal malpractice action. Defendants have filed a cross appeal. We affirm.
This Court...
Scott v. Iomed - 8/10/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order granting summary disposition to defendant W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital, Inc. (hereinafter defendant). We affirm.
Plaintiff had a history of...
Allstate Insurance Company v. Ulrich - 7/31/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Allstate Insurance Company brought this action seeking defendant's reimbursement of no-fault benefits that Allstate paid on behalf of injured motorcyclist Irving Ledger. Allstate paid Ledger personal injury...
Karbel v. Comerica Bank - 7/31/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:00 a.m.
This action arises from the March 13, 1993, sinking of Charley's Crab, a forty-foot sailboat owned by C.A. Muer Corporation and operated presumably by defendants' decedent, Charles A. Muer, that...
Brinkley v. Auto Owners Insurance Co. - 7/31/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff appeals as of right from a circuit court order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) and (10). We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant...
Butler v. Wal-Mart Stores - 3/27/2001
UNPUBLISHED
In this personal injury action, the jury returned a verdict finding defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., d/b/a Sam's Club, seventy-five percent negligent, finding plaintiff Dr. Charles F. Butler twenty-five percent...
People v. Colley - 3/23/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Defendant was convicted by a jury of four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b(1)(f); MSA 28.788(2)(1)(f), and sentenced to four concurrent terms of twelve to twenty years' imprisonment. He...
People v. James - 3/20/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.548, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder, MCL 750.83; MSA 28.278, two counts of assault with intent to commit...
People v. Miller - 3/20/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b(1)(f); MSA 28.788(2)(1)(f), and was sentenced to a prison term of fifteen to fifty years. Defendant appeals as of...
Brennan v. Edward D. Jones & Co. - 3/20/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:10 a.m.
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm.
Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred when it...
Uber v. Department Of Natural Resources - 3/20/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order granting defendant's motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm.
I. Facts
On March 25, 1996, defendant Department of Natural...
Rahman v. Detroit Board of Education - 3/16/2001
FOR PUBLICATION
9:00 a.m.
In Docket No. 215628, defendant Second Injury Fund (SIF) appeals by leave granted the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission's (WCAC) opinion and order affirming the magistrate's decision...
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