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7 Michigan opinions name it 1 courts 2016–2024 3 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Michigan courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (0)

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No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Michigan.

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Michigan. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Tarlea v. Crabtree green
michctapp · 2004
2 sentences

2024It is as though, if an objective observer watched the actor, he could conclude, reasonably, that the actor simply did not care about the safety or welfare of those in his charge. [Tarlea v Crabtree, 263 Mich App 80, 90 ; 687 NW2d 333 (2004).] In Xu v Gay, 257 Mich App 263 ; 668 NW2d 166 (2003), the decedent was injured when he fell backwards while using a treadmill at a fitness center.

2024It is as though, if an objective observer watched the actor, he could conclude, reasonably, that the actor simply did not care about the safety or welfare of those in his charge. [Tarlea v Crabtree, 263 Mich App 80, 90 ; 687 NW2d 333 (2004).] In Xu v Gay, 257 Mich App 263 ; 668 NW2d 166 (2003), the decedent was injured when he fell backwards while using a treadmill at a fitness center.

62017–2024
Xu v. Gay green
michctapp · 2003
2 sentences

2024It is as though, if an objective observer watched the actor, he could conclude, reasonably, that the actor simply did not care about the safety or welfare of those in his charge. [Tarlea v Crabtree, 263 Mich App 80, 90 ; 687 NW2d 333 (2004).] In Xu v Gay, 257 Mich App 263 ; 668 NW2d 166 (2003), the decedent was injured when he fell backwards while using a treadmill at a fitness center.

2024It is as though, if an objective observer watched the actor, he could conclude, reasonably, that the actor simply did not care about the safety or welfare of those in his charge. [Tarlea v Crabtree, 263 Mich App 80, 90 ; 687 NW2d 333 (2004).] In Xu v Gay, 257 Mich App 263 ; 668 NW2d 166 (2003), the decedent was injured when he fell backwards while using a treadmill at a fitness center.

12024–2024
Bruce T Wood v. City of Detroit green
michctapp · 2018
2 sentences

2023It is as though, if an objective observer watched the actor, he could conclude, reasonably, that the actor simply did not care about the safety or welfare of those in his charge. [Tarlea v Crabtree, 263 Mich App 80, 90 ; 687 NW2d 333 (2004).] “Although questions regarding whether a governmental employee’s conduct constituted gross negligence are generally questions of fact for the jury, if reasonable minds could not differ, summary disposition may be granted.” Wood v Detroit, 323 Mich App 416, 424 ; 917 NW2d 709 (2018).

2023It is as though, if an objective observer watched the actor, he could conclude, reasonably, that the actor simply did not care about the safety or welfare of those in his charge. [Tarlea v Crabtree, 263 Mich App 80, 90 ; 687 NW2d 333 (2004).] “Although questions regarding whether a governmental employee’s conduct constituted gross negligence are generally questions of fact for the jury, if reasonable minds could not differ, summary disposition may be granted.” Wood v Detroit, 323 Mich App 416, 424 ; 917 NW2d 709 (2018).

12023–2023
Oliver v. Smith green
michctapp · 2006
2 sentences

2016It is as though, if an objective observer watched the actor, he could conclude, reasonably, that the actor simply did not care about the safety or welfare of those in his charge. [Id.] “The determination whether a governmental employee's conduct constituted gross negligence under MCL 691.1407 is generally a question of fact, but, if reasonable minds could not differ, a court may grant summary disposition.” Oliver v Smith, 269 Mich App 560, 563 ; 715 NW2d 314 (2006).

2016It is as though, if an objective observer watched the actor, he could conclude, reasonably, that the actor simply did not care about the safety or welfare of those in his charge. [Id.] “The determination whether a governmental employee's conduct constituted gross negligence under MCL 691.1407 is generally a question of fact, but, if reasonable minds could not differ, a court may grant summary disposition.” Oliver v Smith, 269 Mich App 560, 563 ; 715 NW2d 314 (2006).

12016–2016

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MI § Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1407 (6) MI § Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1401 (5)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

MI 7 (2016–2024) MD 2 (1981–2008) NC 2 (2020–2020)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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