Sleeman v. Dickinson County Board of Road Commissioners

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a no cause of action jury verdict and resulting judgment in a negligence action arising out of a motor vehicle accident. The pertinent facts appear as follows:

Plaintiff-driver was injured in a collision with a truck owned by defendant and operated by its employee at the intersection of highway M 95 and Merriman road in the county of Dickinson. Plaintiff was traveling in a southerly direction on highway M 95 and defendant’s vehicle was crossing M 95 in a westerly direction on Merriman road.

Detective Bays of the Michigan state police investigated the…