Ethel LISTANSKI and Raymond Listanski, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Defendant-Appellee.
Judith WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Defendant-Appellant, and
Allan Kittle and County of Wayne, Defendants.
Priscilla MOCERI and Leo Moceri, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
TOWNSHIP OF CANTON, Defendant-Appellant, and
County of Wayne, Defendant.
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Argued April 10, 1996.
Decided July 30, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ronald A. Steinberg, Farmington Hills, for plaintiffs in Listanski.
Stern, Cohan & Stern by Kenneth A. Stern, Southfield, and Bendure & Thomas, of counsel by Mark R. Bendure and Victor S. Valenti, Detroit, for plaintiffs in Moceri.
Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Herskovic & Heilmann by Lee R. Franklin Detroit, for plaintiff in Williams.
Johnson, Rosati, Galica, Shifman, Labarge, Aseltyne, Sugameli & Field, P.C. by Marcia L. Howe, Farmington Hills, for defendants.
Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe & Thomsen, P.C. by John H. Bauckham, Kalamazoo, amici curiae, for Michigan Townships Association.
Kohl, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Clark & Hampton by Gerald A. Fisher, William P. Hampton, and Thomas R. Schultz, Farmington Hills, amici curiae, for Oakland County Association of Township Supervisors, and the Townships of Bloomfield, Highland, Independence, Milford, Oakland, Orion, Waterford and West Bloomfield.
Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. by Christine D. Oldani and Mary Massaron Ross, Detroit, amici curiae, for Michigan Liability and Property Pool.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
OPINION
MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, Justice.
The instant cases present the issue whether townships can be held liable under M.C.L.A. § 691.1402; M.S.A. § 3.996(102) for injuries occurring on public sidewalks abutting county roads within the townships' boundaries. After analyzing this issue, we agree with the special panel in Williams v. Redford Twp. [Williams II],1 which adopted the holding and reasoning of Williams...
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