GREEN v. WILSON

Docket Nos. 104028, 104034 and 104039, Calendar No. 9.

565 N.W.2d 813 (1997)

455 Mich. 342

Diane B. GREEN and Leslie Lynn Martin, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Fraser Robert WILSON, and Jason Enterprises, Inc., doing business as The Booby Trap Lounge, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellants, and Vivio's Inc., d/b/a Vivio's Food and Spirits, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Addis & Imbrunone, P.C. by Thomas L. Imbrunone, Royal Oak, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. by Ernest R. Bazzana, Detroit, for defendant-appellant Robert Wilson.

Kallas & Henk, P.C. by Theodore M. Kozerski, Bloomfield Hills, for defendant-appellant Jason Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a The Booby Trap Lounge.

Morrison, Morrison & Finley by Gregory W. Finley, Detroit, for defendant Vivios, Inc., d/b/a Vivio's Food and Spirits.


Opinion

MARILYN J. KELLY, Justice.

This case presents two issues: 1) whether Michigan courts may exercise limited personal jurisdiction over a nonresident who becomes intoxicated in Michigan, chooses to drive intoxicated in Michigan, and causes an accident in another jurisdiction, and 2) whether compliance with the name-and-retain provision of the dramshop act will be excused when the allegedly intoxicated person is dismissed from litigation for lack of...

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