Legal Opinion · Dissent

Graves v. Warner Bros.

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided October 22, 2002No. Docket No. 226645Published

1DissentMurphy, P.J.

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion because the issue of foreseeability concerning the shotgun slaying was properly placed in the hands of the jury. Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to plaintiffs, I believe that the issue was properly left to the jury where the evidence indicated that Jonathan Schmitz was humiliated and devastated on a show scheduled to be broadcast1 on national television by defendants through the revelation of a homosexual crush and lurid sexual fantasy by Scott Amedure after Schmitz told defendants that he did not want the crush to be *503that of…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Maiden v. RozwoodMichigan Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Spiek v. Department of TransportationMichigan Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Moning v. AlfonoMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Muschany v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Williams v. Cunningham Drug Stores, IncMichigan Supreme Court · 1988

21 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API