Valentine v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

Plaintiffs’ complaint and amended complaints filed in Oakland County Circuit Court sought money damages from defendant and a court order requiring defendant to provide adequate telephone service to plaintiffs. As finally amended, their complaint contained a count for breach of warranty, a count charging defendant with gross negligence, counts charging defendant with fraud and misrepresentation with respect to services and with respect to equipment, and a fifth count which combines charges of gross negligence, fraud, and misrepresentation. Begardless of the several theories pleaded, the basis…