Crook v. Patterson

In Reich v State Highway Department, 386 Mich 617 (1972), the Michigan Supreme Court held that the 60-day-notice provision of § 4 of the Government Tort Immunity Act (1964 PA 170; MCLA 691.1404, et seq.; MSA 3.996[104], et seq.) violates the equal protection guarantees of the Michigan and Federal Constitutions and is, therefore, void and of no effect.

Under the provisions of that act, "the liability, procedure and remedy as to county roads under the jurisdiction of a county road commission shall be as provided in section 21, chapter 4, of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended,…