COLOVOS v. TRANSPORTATION DEP'T

Docket No. 134013.

205 Mich. App. 524 (1994)

517 N.W.2d 803

COLOVOS v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 6, 1994, at 10:10 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Bower and (Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, P.C. by Patrick Burkett, of Counsel), for the plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Brenda E. Turner and Harold J. Martin, Assistant Attorneys General, for the defendant.

Before: MICHAEL J. KELLY, P.J., and HOOD and T.R. THOMAS, JJ.


HOOD, J.

This is a personal injury case involving a phenomenon known as preferential icing.1 Plaintiff's decedent was killed in an automobile accident after the car in which she was riding skidded on the ice and was struck by oncoming traffic. Defendant won a directed verdict in a bench trial with regard to claims alleging defective design and lack of proper maintenance. The court later issued a judgment of no cause of action with regard...

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