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IN RE BRADLEY ESTATE

Docket No. 145055. Calendar No. 8.

835 N.W.2d 545 (2013)

494 Mich. 367

In re BRADLEY ESTATE.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy T. Taylor , for Nancy Mick.

Varnum LLP, Grand Rapids (by Peter A. Smit , Adam J. Brody , and Gary J. Mouw ), for the Kent County Sheriffs Department.

Plunkett Cooney , Bloomfield Hills (by Mary Massaron Ross and Hilary A. Ballentine ), for the Michigan Municipal League, the Michigan Municipal League Liability and Property Pool, the Michigan Townships Association, and the Public Corporation Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, and Aaron D. Lindstrom , Assistant Solicitor General, for the Department of the Attorney General.

MARY BETH KELLY, J.

In this case, we decide whether a civil contempt petition that seeks indemnification damages under MCL 600.1721 imposes "tort liability" within the meaning of MCL 691.1407(1) of the governmental tort liability act (GTLA), MCL 691.1401 et seq. Given the Legislature's use of the common-law term "tort," we hold that "tort liability" as used in MCL 691.1407(1) of the GTLA encompasses all legal responsibility

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