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FORS v. WATERS

Docket No. 2,249.

8 Mich. App. 337 (1967)

154 N.W.2d 625

FORS v. WATERS.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walsh & Munro, for plaintiff.

Humphrey & Weis, for defendant.

FITZGERALD, P.J.

The accident which was the genesis of this appeal occurred on May 29, 1963, when defendant, without warning, started the engine of his car while it was being inspected by plaintiff, thereby snipping off part of plaintiff's thumb. A jury verdict for $2,500 is appealed on the basis that plaintiff did not sustain the burden of proof in demonstrating gross negligence or wilful and wanton misconduct on defendant's part,

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