Lawrence v. Tippens

Defendants below, and appellants here, were granted leave to appeal on April 30, 1973. Defendants appeal from the order of the Wayne County Circuit Court reversing the Common Pleas Court order which denied plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial.

Plaintiffs, the Lawrences, were traveling eastbound on Ecorse Road near Shenandoah in Allen Park, Michigan. The defendants’ vehicle was southbound on Shenandoah and was involved in an accident which plaintiffs had to take evasive action to avoid. During the course of this evasive action, plaintiff Kyra Lawrence claimed that she bruised her hip by being…