Michigan Supreme Court, 2001

The Michigan Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated the circuit court's summary dismissal of a premises liability suit brought by a customer who stepped in a pothole in Ameritech's parking lot.

The Michigan Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals and held that Carbin was not denied effective assistance of trial counsel. Carbin failed to establish that counsel had not investigated the proposed witnesses or that the decision to present only one witness was deficient, and he did not show a reasonable…