Larion v. City of Detroit

Defendant City of Detroit appeals as of right from the Wayne County Circuit Court jury verdict of $1.2 million awarded in plaintiff’s favor in this wrongful death action. The trial court denied defendant city’s motion for new trial or remittitur. We affirm.

Sandra Mitchell died from injuries sustained as a passenger in a vehicle driven by Juanita Carrizalez. On September 20, 1980, at approximately 4:40 a.m., the Carrizalez vehicle struck the center bridge pier of a Norfolk & Western Railroad viaduct over the roadway of Livernois near its intersection with Toledo.

In a complaint filed April 15,…