Hall v. Strom Construction Co.

The legal background of today’s inquiry was painted by Mr. Justice Talbot Smith for the case of Denton v. Utley, 350 Mich 332, decided in 1957. As in Denton, what is written for the case before us must be so limited to the precisionally assembled facts as to unfound fully more of those dolorous jeremiads Justice Smith referred to (Denton at 340) as “predictions of business frustration and collapse.” Thus may the “modern trend” * of authority be now applied without unduly affecting the valued right of contract by which out-of-court settlements, of claims for personal injuries, are fairly and…