Poe v. City of Detroit

In this wrongful death action, defendants City of Detroit and Lawrence Sneed appeal as of right from a February 6, 1987, amended judgment of $716,501.20 and an order denying defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or new trial. We reverse.

This case stemmed from an automobile-pedestrian accident at about 2:30 p.m. on May 23, 1983. The pedestrian, thirteen-year-old Eric Poe, had just alighted from a bus at the northeast corner of West Outer Drive and Greenfield. The bus was owned by the defendant city and driven by defendant Sneed.

Sneed had pulled the bus to the curb on West…