Legal Opinion · Dissent

Jaxon v. City of Detroit

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 21, 1967No. Calendar 7, Docket 51,552, 51,553Published

1DissentO’Hara, J.

I am uninstrueted in Fetridge’s law and G-umperson’s law. Insofar as negligence law is concerned I accept the statement of the Court of Appeals that:*

“The record here discloses the only unsafe feature of the place of discharge was that the place was not where Mrs. Jaxon expected it to be. * * * We hold as a matter of law that no actionable negligence is shown on this record.”

It would be somewhat unreasonable to require a bus driver in one of the nation’s largest metropolises to bring his vehicle to rest at the same spot in a busy intersection every time he stops there.

I vote to affirm the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jaxon v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 1966

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