Wesche v. Mecosta County Road Commission

In this automobile negligence action, defendant Mecosta County Road Commission appeals as of right the trial court’s ruling that a Gradall hydraulic excavator is a motor vehicle for the purposes of the motor vehicle exception to governmental immunity found in MCL 691.1405. Plaintiffs Daniel J. and Beverly Wesche cross-appeal the trial court’s dismissal of Beverly Wesche’s loss-of-consortium claim. We affirm.

I. BASIC FACTS

It is undisputed that one afternoon in March 2000, Daniel Wesche stopped for a red traffic light at the intersection of State Street and Woodward Avenue in the city of Big…