Kik v. Sbraccia

This conflict panel was convened to resolve an inconsistency between the vacated portion of this Court’s prior opinion in Kik v Sbraccia, 268 Mich App 690; 708 NW2d 766 (2005) (Kik I), vacated in part 268 Mich App 801 (2005), and this Court’s earlier decision in Wesche v Mecosta Co Rd Comm, 267 Mich App 274; 705 NW2d 136 (2005). In accordance with *390MCR 7.215(J)(1), the panel in Kik I was required to follow the precedent of Wesche, which held that loss-of-consortium claims are not included in the motor-vehicle exception to governmental immunity found in MCL 691.1405 and that such claims were…