ENDYKIEWICZ v. STATE HWY. COMM.

Docket No. 66488, (Calendar No. 11).

414 Mich. 377 (1982)

324 N.W.2d 755

ENDYKIEWICZ v. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kutinsky, Davey & Solomon (by Sheila Solomon) for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Carl K. Carlsen and Clive D. Gemmill, Assistants Attorney General, for defendant.


COLEMAN, C.J.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether the state is liable to a decedent's personal representative under the wrongful death act for damages for loss of companionship and society in an action which alleges that the state has breached its duty to maintain a highway so that it is reasonably safe for public travel. We hold that the state is liable for such damages, if proved. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's grant of defendant's motion for...

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