WAKNIN v. CHAMBERLAIN

Docket No. 120299.

653 N.W.2d 176 (2002)

467 Mich. 329

Leslie WAKNIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard CHAMBERLAIN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

November 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. LaBre, Edwardsburg, MI, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Smith, Koning, VanWagoner & Beck, P.C. (by James R. Shinar), Portage, MI, for the defendant-appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant was convicted of assault and battery. Plaintiff, the victim, then brought this civil suit against defendant for assault and battery, in part on the basis of the same act that resulted in defendant's conviction. The trial court, relying on Wheelock v. Eyl, 393 Mich. 74, 79, 223 N.W.2d 276 (1974), held that evidence of defendant's conviction could not be introduced in...

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