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