Jones v. Department of Corrections

664 N.W.2d 717 (2003)

468 Mich. 646

James JONES, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellant.

Docket No. 120991, Calendar No. 12.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued March 13, 2003.

Decided July 2, 2003.

Michigan Clinical Law Program, University of Michigan Law School (by Bridget M. McCormack), Ann Arbor, MI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Jason Julian, Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for the defendant-appellant.

Opinion

YOUNG, J.

We granted leave to appeal in this case to consider whether plaintiff…