Shields v. Reddo

432 Mich. 761 (1989)

443 N.W.2d 145

SHIELDS

v.

REDDO

Docket No. 81575, (Calendar No. 6).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued November 1, 1988.

Decided July 24, 1989.

Bushnell, Gage & Reizen (by Scott D. Moore) for the plaintiff.

Holahan, Malloy, Maybaugh & Monnich (by J. Michael Malloy, III); (Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., by John P. Jacobs and Ernest R. Bazzana, of counsel) for the defendants.

GRIFFIN, J.

In this dramshop action,[1] we are required to decide whether the deposition given by a former employee of the defendant bar owner was admissible as evidence at trial, despite the rule against hearsay, where…