Hanson v. Mecosta County Road Commissioners

The plaintiffs decedent died as a result of a motor vehicle accident on a road under the jurisdiction of defendant Mecosta County Board of Road Commissioners. Plaintiff sued both the other driver and the road commission, contending that the accident was caused in part by the defective condition of the roadway, and that this claim was within the highway exception to the governmental immunity statute. MCL 691.1402(1). Among other things, the plaintiff alleged that the slope of the road at the crest of a hill prevented drivers from seeing each other in time to avoid a collision. The circuit…