The Michigan Supreme Court held that governmental employees’ immunity from intentional-tort liability is governed by the pre-1986 common-law test preserved by MCL 691.1407(3), not the negligence-immunity standards in subsection 2.
Michigan Supreme Court, 2008
Published opinions from 2008. The case name opens the case page.
2008 opinions
The Michigan Supreme Court vacated a $65,556 case-evaluation-sanction attorney-fee award in a dental-malpractice case and announced a mandatory methodology for 'reasonable' fees under MCR 2.403(O): begin with the fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services, established by reliable surveys or…
The Court held that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act’s limitations-tolling provision is mandatory, but that a plaintiff may waive its benefit by failing to raise it in the trial court.
The Court held that a residential apartment parking lot shared by tenants is a common area, and that a lessor’s duty to keep common areas fit for their intended use can, in some circumstances, encompass natural snow and ice accumulation.