Van Every v. Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority

Plaintiffs, Caribel Van Every and Robert Van Every, appeal as of right from a judgment of no cause of action rendered in favor of defendant, Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA), on a jury verdict.

On appeal, plaintiffs raise four issues. First, plaintiffs claim that the trial court erred in denying their request to reread SJI 50.03. The trial court instructed the jury as follows:

"You should include each of the following elements of damage which you decide has been sustained by the plaintiff to the present time: Physical pain and suffering, mental anguish, fright and shock,…