SWEETMAN v. STATE HIGHWAY DEP'T

Docket No. 63613.

137 Mich. App. 14 (1984)

357 N.W.2d 783

SWEETMAN v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan, Boerema, Jarosz & Kail (by Alexander S. Jarosz), and Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (by Kenneth L. Block), of counsel, for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Carl K. Carlsen, Assistant Attorney General, and James J. Kobza, Special Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Before: CYNAR, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and R.L. TAHVONEN, JJ.


CYNAR, P.J.

Defendant appeals as of right from a determination of liability in this negligent highway design and maintenance case. Plaintiff has filed a cross-appeal claiming that the trial court erred in finding her 75% negligent, with a corresponding reduction in her award.

The subject highway is a portion of I-196 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which leads into a lengthy (230 feet) overpass over Butterworth Street and a railroad track. The overpass is curved...

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