LORENCZ v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket Nos. 90914, 90915, (Calendar No. 13).

439 Mich. 370 (1992)

483 N.W.2d 844

LORENCZ v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY GROSS v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles N. Simkins for the plaintiffs.

Gary L. Hayden and Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Ernest R. Bazzana), for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman (by Robert W. Powell and Barbara H. Erard) for the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.

Clark, Klein & Beaumont (by Dwight H. Vincent, Dennis G. Bonucchi, and Cynthia L.M. Johnson) for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Mark Granzotto, Monica Farris Linkner, and Charles P. Burbach for the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Bowman & Brooke (by Terrence E. Haggerty); (Hildy Bowbeer, of counsel) for Product Liability Advisory Counsel, Inc.


MALLETT, J.

Plaintiffs, injured in a one-car accident in Gratiot County, Michigan, filed separate product liability actions against defendant Ford Motor Company in Wayne Circuit Court. Because plaintiffs were injured there, defendant contends that venue is proper only in Gratiot County. Plaintiffs appeal a Court of Appeals decision reversing the trial court's denial of defendant's motion for change of venue. 187 Mich.App. 63

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