6 Michigan opinions name it 1 courts 1985–2023 4 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.
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| No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Michigan. | ||
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Michigan. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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Placek v. City of Sterling Heights
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2 sentences2023THE ADVENT OF COMPARATIVE FAULT In Placek v Sterling Hts, 405 Mich 638, 679 ; 275 NW2d 511 (1979), the Court abolished the doctrine of contributory negligence and replaced it with our modern scheme of comparative fault, finding it to be a more “just and equitable doctrine.” The Court explained that since its inception, “the doctrine of contributory negligence has caused substantial injustice . . . .” Id. at 652 . 2023THE ADVENT OF COMPARATIVE FAULT In Placek v Sterling Hts, 405 Mich 638, 679 ; 275 NW2d 511 (1979), the Court abolished the doctrine of contributory negligence and replaced it with our modern scheme of comparative fault, finding it to be a more “just and equitable doctrine.” The Court explained that since its inception, “the doctrine of contributory negligence has caused substantial injustice . . . .” Id. at 652 . | 4 | 2023–2023 |
Kirby v. Larson
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2 sentences2023Commentators had long criticized the contributory- negligence rule for “ ‘visit[ing] the entire loss caused by the fault of two parties on one of them alone . . . .’ ” Kirby v Larson, 400 Mich 585, 622 ; 256 NW2d 400 (1977), quoting Prosser, Comparative Negligence, 51 Mich L Rev 465, 469 (1953). 2023Commentators had long criticized the contributory- negligence rule for “ ‘visit[ing] the entire loss caused by the fault of two parties on one of them alone . . . .’ ” Kirby v Larson, 400 Mich 585, 622 ; 256 NW2d 400 (1977), quoting Prosser, Comparative Negligence, 51 Mich L Rev 465, 469 (1953). | 4 | 2023–2023 |
Glancy v. City of Roseville
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2 sentences2010In 1972, however, this Court abolished the rule, Rule v. Bay City, 387 Mich. 281 , 195 N.W.2d 849 (1972), [7] and, in 1998, we refused to readopt it, Glancy, 457 Mich. at 582 , 577 N.W.2d 897 . 2010In 1972, however, this Court abolished the rule, Rule v Bay City, 387 Mich 281 ; 195 NW2d 849 (1972), 7 and, in 1998, we refused to readopt it, Glancy, 457 Mich at 582 . | 1 | 2010–2010 |
Rule v. City of Bay City
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2 sentences2010In 1972, however, this Court abolished the rule, Rule v Bay City, 387 Mich 281 ; 195 NW2d 849 (1972), 7 and, in 1998, we refused to readopt it, Glancy, 457 Mich at 582 . 2010In 1972, however, this Court abolished the rule, Rule v Bay City, 387 Mich 281 ; 195 NW2d 849 (1972), 7 and, in 1998, we refused to readopt it, Glancy, 457 Mich at 582 . | 1 | 2010–2010 |
Ross v. Consumers Power Co.
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2 sentences1985GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY When a non-sovereign political unit is engaged in the exercise or discharge of a "governmental function," [22] it has statutory governmental immunity pursuant to the first sentence of § 7. [23] When not engaged in a governmental function, it is not immune. *672 The details of this Court's nine-year struggle to "determin[e] whether a particular activity is a governmental function within the meaning of the statute" are set forth in Ross v Consumers Power Co, 415 Mich 1, 6-11 ; 327 NW2d 293 (1982) (opinion of RYAN, J.), and need not be repeated here. 1985GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY When a non-sovereign political unit is engaged in the exercise or discharge of a "governmental function," [22] it has statutory governmental immunity pursuant to the first sentence of § 7. [23] When not engaged in a governmental function, it is not immune. *672 The details of this Court's nine-year struggle to "determin[e] whether a particular activity is a governmental function within the meaning of the statute" are set forth in Ross v Consumers Power Co, 415 Mich 1, 6-11 ; 327 NW2d 293 (1982) (opinion of RYAN, J.), and need not be repeated here. | 1 | 1985–1985 |
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.
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.