Brown v. Hillsdale County Road Commission

Plaintiff appeals the Wayne County Circuit Court’s grant of defendant’s motion for change of venue and the denial of plaintiffs counsel’s motion to withdraw. The trial court’s May 30, 1980, order was certified as final for purposes of appeal. This Court denied plaintiff’s application for leave to appeal in June, 1981. However, the Supreme Court remanded for consideration as if on leave granted, 413 Mich 940 (1982).

Plaintiffs cause of action arises out of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on February 1, 1976, on U.S. 12 in Hillsdale County. At the time, plaintiff was operating a…