Williams v. Redford Township

These consolidated cases were considered by this panel pursuant to Administrative Order No. 1994-4 to resolve a conflict between the reasoning of the original panels in these two cases and the decision in Listanski v Canton Charter Twp, 206 Mich App 356; 523 NW2d 229 (1994). The conflict concerns the liability of a township for injuries received by a pedestrian who falls on a sidewalk that is within the township and that is located along a county road.

In Williams v Redford Twp, the plaintiff claimed that the township was liable pursuant to the highway exception to governmental immunity, MCL…