Tibor v. Department of State Highways

Plaintiffs filed suit in the Court of Claims against the defendant to recover for injuries plaintiff Antonina Tibor sustained when she tripped over a protruding spike or the remains of a signpost at a bus stop located near the intersection of Gratiot Avenue and Fifteen Mile Road in Macomb County. Plaintiffs claimed that the defen dant maintained the trunk line highway (Gratiot Avenue or M-3) in a "careless, heedless, reckless and negligent fashion”. Defendant moved for summary judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(1), and on February 10, 1982, defendant’s motion was granted. Plaintiffs appeal…