Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Southwood
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 1994No. Docket Nos. 96277, 96330, (Calendar Nos. 6-7)PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCavanagh, C.J.
Our task in these consolidated cases is to determine whether the common-law definitions of gross negligence and wilful and wanton misconduct remain viable against the backdrop of the emergency medical services act (emsa).
I. GROSS NEGLIGENCE
A
This Court stated the common-law definition of gross negligence in Gibbard v Cursan, 225 Mich 311; 196 NW 398 (1923). In Gibbard, the defendant’s truck struck the plaintiff’s decedent. The evidence revealed that the decedent ran into the path of the defendant’s truck after the defendant sounded his horn. At the time we decided Gibbard, Michigan followed…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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