Legal Opinion
Bivens v. Grand Rapids
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 1993No. 92160, (Calendar No. 6)PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffin, J.
A local ordinance purports to impose upon the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk the obligation to indemnify the City of Grand Rapids if the owner fails to maintain the sidewalk and if the city is required to pay damages to a person injured on the defective sidewalk. Because the city lacked authority to impose such an obligation, we conclude that indemnification is not available to the city under the circumstances presented here; and we affirm the result reached by the Court of Appeals.
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In March 1989, Tara Bivens filed suit against the City of Grand Rapids and the Kent Country Club,…
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