Legal Opinion
Wayne-Oakland Bank v. Brown Valley Farms, Inc.
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided July 18, 1988No. Docket 95357PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtT. M. Green, J.
In this case we consider the propriety of mediation sanctions awarded pursuant to former GCR 1963, 316.7(b)(1), now MCR 2.403(0X1). Defendants and third-party plaintiffs Brown Valley Farms, Inc., and Bill Brown, Inc. (hereinafter appellants) appeal as of right from an award of mediation sanctions in favor of third-party defendant Ford Motor Company.
The incident giving rise to this appeal occurred on June 18, 1977, when seven-year-old David Kelman was injured by a lawn mower operated at Brown Valley Farms. On February 21, 1979, a negligence suit was filed on the boy’s behalf in Oakland Circuit…
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