Legal Opinion
Harder v. Harder
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided April 18, 1989No. Docket 104953PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue is whether a tractor is a motor vehicle within the meaning of the owner’s liability statute, MCL 257.401; MSA 9.2101.
Defendant Roy Harder backed over and fatally injured his three-year-old daughter while operating a tractor owned by defendant Walter Opanasenko. Roy Harder had been in the process of removing leaves from the driveway of his residence. Plaintiff Angel Harder, mother of the deceased and wife of Roy Harder, brought suit against both defendants, alleging that Roy Harder was negligent in his operation of the tractor and that Opanasenko was liable as the owner of the…
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