Moerman v. Kalamazoo County Road Commission

129 Mich. App. 584 (1983)

341 N.W.2d 829

MOERMAN

v.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION

Docket No. 58635.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 11, 1983.

Sloan, Benefiel & Farrer (by Gary C. Newton), for plaintiff.

Lilly & Domeny, P.C. (by Jeffrey E. Gwillim), for defendant.

Before: D.F. WALSH, P.J., and R.M. MAHER and T. ROUMELL,[*] JJ.

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court's order denying her motion for new trial.

On May 28, 1978, plaintiff's decedent was killed when his car left the paved portion of the highway, ran through a ditch, and collided with a tree near the shoulder of the road. There was…