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McMILLIAN v. VLIET

Docket No. 70484, (Calendar No. 1).

422 Mich. 570 (1985)

374 N.W.2d 679

McMILLIAN v. VLIET

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Libner, Van Leuven & Kortering, P.C. (by Vernon D. Kortering), for the plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Thomas L. Casey and Mark E. Blumer, Assistant Attorneys General, for the defendant.

PER CURIAM:

This is a wrongful death action initiated to recover damages for the death of Arthur McMillian, which resulted from the accidental discharge of State Police Trooper James Vliet's revolver while Vliet was in the process of arresting McMillian following a high-speed automobile chase. We are asked in this case to review the factual finding of the trial judge, after a two-day bench trial, that, notwithstanding the negligence of the defendant, the decedent...

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