Powell v. Collias

Again, we have the problem of the failure of a trial court in a non-jury case to achieve complete compliance with GCR 1963, 517.1.

This is an appeal as of right from the entry of a judgment of $45,000 against the defendant in a personal injury action resulting from a motorcycle-automobile collision. The principal assignment of error on appeal is the failure of the trial judge, in a non-jury trial, to comply with GCR 1963, 517.1 in making sufficient findings of fact.

Factually, it appears that on the evening of June 7, 1971, plaintiff Walter Powell was driving his motorcycle on the northernmost…