Legal Opinion
Killeen v. Department of Transportation
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 1989No. Docket Nos. 78625, 79857, (Calendar Nos. 7, 8)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.
The governmental tort liability act provides for the recovery of damages from a governmental agency that fails to keep a highway *4"under its jurisdiction” in reasonable repair, and in condition reasonably safe and fit for travel.1
In these cases, consolidated on appeal, the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Highways, redesigned and reconstructed intersections of county roads with trunk-line highways. Theretofore jurisdiction of the portions of the intersections that were county roads had been transferred by the county road commissions to the highway department. Thereafter and before the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. MoniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bush v. Oscoda Area SchoolsMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
- Reardon v. Department of Mental HealthMichigan Supreme Court · 1988
- Shiffer v. Board of Education of Gibraltar School DistrictMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
- People v. GilbertMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Hanson v. Mecosta County Road CommissionersMichigan Supreme Court · 2002
- Suttles v. Department of TransportationMichigan Supreme Court · 1998
- Olson v. City of BellevueCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1998
- Department of Transportation v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Berry v. City of BellevilleMichigan Court of Appeals · 1989
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