Legal Opinion · Dissent

Klanseck v. Anderson Sales & Service, Inc.

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided July 9, 1984No. Docket 64816Published

1DissentT. M. Burns, P.J.

I am unable to agree with the majority’s finding that a violation *88of the motorcycle license statute constitutes negligence per se. As stated in Anno: Lack of proper automobile registration or operator’s license as evidence of operator’s negligence, 29 ALR2d 963, 965-966:

"The overwhelming weight of authority * * * is to the effect that failure to have an operator’s license on the part of the person operating a motor vehicle involved in an accident is not evidence of negligence, inasmuch as violation of the statute requiring such a license has no causal connection with the accident and is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Zeni v. AndersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  2. People v. GrishamMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. NussMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Turri v. BozekMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. Ross v. AlexanderMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977

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