Hill v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

I dissent from the majority’s holding that defendant General Motors Acceptance Corporation may be found liable pursuant to the owner’s liability statute, MCL 257.401; MSA 9.2101, as an owner of the 1986 Buick Somerset leased to Rodderick Toliver. I would affirm the circuit court’s ruling that gmac is not legally responsible under the amended provisions of the Vehicle Code. See Barksdale v Nat'l Bank of Detroit, 186 Mich App 286; 463 NW2d 258 (1990). I cannot agree that a genuine issue of material fact exists on this record.

I acknowledge that 1988 PA 125, effective May 23, 1988, controls the…