Dixon v. Sype

Plaintiff, Nora Dixon, appeals as of right from the order of the Wayne County Circuit Court granting defendant’s motion for accelerated judgment on grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to decide a key issue in the case: whether the injury to plaintiff was suffered in the course of her employment at the hands of a coemployee acting in the course of employment.

Plaintiff was injured on March 3, 1975, when a school bus in which she was riding collided with an automobile, throwing plaintiff to the floor of the bus. The bus was owned by the Gibraltar School District and was driven by…