Knoper v. Burton

This is an appeal by defendant from an order of reversal and remand by the Court of Appeals of a verdict and judgment for defendant in the trial court. 12 Mich App 644.

The relevant facts are:

Plaintiff and two fellow workers were crossing 36th street in the city of Wyoming at about 8:15 p.m., on December 22, 1961. They were walking in a marked pedestrian crosswalk and had crossed the first two lanes of traffic and were either standing in or approaching the center of the street when all three were struck by defendant’s car.

At pretrial plaintiff agreed to waive the medical privilege, but when…