Legal Opinion
Weaver v. City of Detroit
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 26, 2002No. Docket 218514PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
We convened a special panel 1 to resolve the conflict between Weaver v Detroit, 249 Mich App 801 (2002), vacated 249 Mich App 801 (2002) (hereafter Weaver I ), and Ridley v Detroit (On Remand), 246 Mich App 687; 639 NW2d 258 (2001). We examine here whether a municipality is liable in tort for an alleged negligent maintenance of a streetlight pole, under the highway exception 2 to governmental immunity. The panel in Weaver I would have answered “no” to this question had it not been bound by the prior holding in Ridley (On Remand). We find that the panel in Weaver I was correct and hold both…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ross v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1985
- Pohutski v. City of Allen ParkMichigan Supreme Court · 2002
- Williams v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
- Nawrocki v. MacOmb County Road CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 2000
- Cox v. City of Dearborn HeightsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Stevenson v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
- Johnson-McIntosh v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 2005
- Marchyok v. City of Ann ArborMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
- Johnson-McIntosh v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
- Ridley v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 2003
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