Morrison v. Skeels

This is an automobile negligence case. Plaintiff, Lorraine Morrison, was a passenger in the automobile driven by her husband. Defendant was a Michigan State police officer driving a marked police car in the performance of his duties at the time of the accident. The accident happened on Dixie highway, a 4-lane highway in Saginaw county. Defendant was driving north and after observing a speeding car going south, he made a U-turn in front of the vehicle in which plaintiff was riding to apprehend the speeder. Neither his flasher nor his siren was on. The Morrison car was traveling south at about…