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Motor Vehicles--Legislation--The Michigan Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act, Michigan Law Review
Motor Vehicles--Legislation--The Michigan Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
With the adoption of the Michigan Act, Michigan has become the fifth state to adopt a comprehensive program utilizing both the insurance and the fund approaches. Moreover, the Michigan Act, apparently inspired by its Ontario prototype, contains some elements which were previously unknown in United States legislation. Consequently, it may prove enlightening to examine the scope and purpose of the Michigan Act, and to compare it with similar legislation in other states.
Comparative Negligence And Automobile Liability Insurance, Cornelius J. Peck
Comparative Negligence And Automobile Liability Insurance, Cornelius J. Peck
Michigan Law Review
The purpose of this article is not to re-plow the ground of history, case law, and statutory developments which has been so competently tilled by others. Nor is the purpose to give a detailed consideration of each of the practical matters mentioned above. Instead, the focus of this article is on the relationship between comparative negligence and automobile liability insurance. Insurance rates and accident statistics, rather than rules of law and cases, are the primary materials. Such a consideration of the subject it might be hoped would give a positive and substantiated answer to the frequently debated but never documented …
A Comment On The Law Of Torts, Luke K. Cooperrider
A Comment On The Law Of Torts, Luke K. Cooperrider
Michigan Law Review
The recently-published treatise by Professors Harper and James, The Law of Torts, which is the subject of this article is no routine publication. It is not a mere recasting in different language of an already familiar synthesis; nor is it the kind of book one keeps around for casual reference. It is, rather, a statement of a philosophy of tort liability which, by reason of its consonance with much of the currently vocal thought in the field, and by reason of the powers of analysis and expression that the authors have brought to bear, is almost certainly destined to …
Damages - Automobile Collisions - Penalties For Failure To Settle Small Claims Promptly, Ralph E. Boches
Damages - Automobile Collisions - Penalties For Failure To Settle Small Claims Promptly, Ralph E. Boches
Michigan Law Review
Recent Arkansas legislation provides for double damages, reasonable attorney's fees of not less than fifty dollars, and court costs for failure to pay property damage claims arising from automobile collisions within sixty days after the submission of estimates of damage. Application of the statute is limited to claims under two hundred dollars. Furthermore, if the defendant presents a "meritorious defense," liability under the statute does not attach. Acts of Arkansas (1957), Act 283, Senate Bill 166.
Negligence - Duty Of Care - Liability Of Owner Of Place Of Amusement For Injury To Spectator Caused By Act Of Third Person, Harry D. Krause
Negligence - Duty Of Care - Liability Of Owner Of Place Of Amusement For Injury To Spectator Caused By Act Of Third Person, Harry D. Krause
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a spectator at a public wrestling match, sustained injuries when another spectator threw a filled Coca-Cola bottle into the crowd. A disturbance had been in progress for several minutes. The guards hired by defendant, the owner of the establishment, had made no effort to stop it. The bottle was grabbed from the tray of a drink vendor who had been instructed to retain all bottles and to serve drinks in paper cups only. The trial court granted a nonsuit. On appeal, held, reversed. The evidence of the owner's negligence in not protecting the spectator from this injury sufficed …
Torts - Guest Act - Negligent Conduct Of The Driver, William K. Muir Jr.
Torts - Guest Act - Negligent Conduct Of The Driver, William K. Muir Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff was a gratuitous passenger in an automobile driven by defendant. Defendant, intending to coast to his destination, turned off the ignition, removed the key, and placed it in his pocket. The removal of the key caused the steering gear to lock, and defendant was unable to avoid a collision with a tree. Plaintiff suffered injuries and brought suit. Evidence was adduced to show that in defendant's type of automobile the steering wheel was so constructed as to lock upon removal of the key. Testimony revealed that defendant understood the general operation of the lock, but that the particular mechanism …
Workmen's Compensation - Traumatic Neurosis Without Physical Injury, Irving L. Halpern
Workmen's Compensation - Traumatic Neurosis Without Physical Injury, Irving L. Halpern
Michigan Law Review
Appellee and his co-worker attempted to lower a suspended scaffold on which they were standing, whereupon the scaffold gave way and the coworker fell to his death. Appellee suffered only slight bruises on his leg, but as a result of seeing his fellow employee fall to his death, he sustained severe fright and shock which resulted in a traumatic neurosis preventing him from engaging in the normal duties of his occupation. The lower court awarded appellee judgment for permanent partial disability under the Texas Workmen's Compensation Law. On appeal, held, reversed. Appellee's condition was a mental disease and compensable …
Civil Procedure - Service Of Process Under Nonresident Motorist Statute - Effect Of Death Of Nonresident Defendant, Warren K. Urbom S.Ed..
Civil Procedure - Service Of Process Under Nonresident Motorist Statute - Effect Of Death Of Nonresident Defendant, Warren K. Urbom S.Ed..
Michigan Law Review
A wife sued for the wrongful death of her husband, which was allegedly caused by a nonresident defendant's negligent operation of his automobile on a Wisconsin highway while the plaintiff's husband was a passenger therein. Service of process was made on the Commissioner of the Motor Vehicle Department in Wisconsin, and copies of the summons and complaint were mailed to defendant in Illinois in accordance with the Wisconsin nonresident motorist statute. Shortly thereafter, before a judgment was rendered, defendant died. Plaintiff sought to revive the action against defendant's administrator by serving notice of the filing of a petition for revival …
Executors And Administrators-Tort Action Against Personal Representative After Estate Is Closed, Leroy H. Redfern S.Ed.
Executors And Administrators-Tort Action Against Personal Representative After Estate Is Closed, Leroy H. Redfern S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff sustained personal injuries due to the negligent act of an employee in a business operated by defendant executor with court authorization. Eight months after the accident occurred the assets of the estate were distributed and the executor discharged. Four months later the plaintiff instituted a suit for damages against defendant in his individual capacity. Held, discharge of the executor did not relieve him of personal liability for the tortious acts of his agent. Johnston v. Long, ( Cal. 1947) 180 P. (2d) 21, as modified on denial of rehearing 181 P. (2d) 645.