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

  1. Ross v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Pohutski v. City of Allen ParkMichigan Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Williams v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Nawrocki v. MacOmb County Road CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Cox v. City of Dearborn HeightsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1995

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Stevenson v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. Johnson-McIntosh v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. Marchyok v. City of Ann ArborMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. Johnson-McIntosh v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
  5. Ridley v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 2003

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