NASTAL v. HENDERSON & ASSOCIATES INVEST., INC.

Docket No. 125069. Calendar No. 3.

691 N.W.2d 1 (2005)

471 Mich. 712

Ronald M. NASTAL and Irene Nastal, His Wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HENDERSON & ASSOCIATES INVESTIGATIONS, INC., A Michigan Corporation, Nathaniel Stovall and Andrew Conley, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara H. Goldman and Sheldon L. Miller, Southfield, MI, for the plaintiffs.

Kaufman, Payton & Chapa (by Donald L. Payton and Frank A. Misuraca), Farmington Hills, MI, for the defendants.

Martin L. Critchell, Detroit, MI, for Michigan Self-Insurers Association.

Willingham & Cote, P.C. (by Curtis R. Hadley and Matthew K. Payok), East Lansing, MI, for Michigan Council of Private Investigators, Michigan Professional Bail Agents Association, and Court Officers and Deputy Sheriffs, Process Servers of Michigan.

Michelle L. Pinter, Flint, MI, for McMurray, Baio and Associates.


Opinion

TAYLOR, C.J.

In this case, where plaintiff Ronald M. Nastal1 alleges stalking by private investigators conducting surveillance, we granted leave to consider if, and when, such surveillance falls within the safe harbor in the stalking statute that exempts "conduct that serves a legitimate purpose." MCL 750.411h(1)(c). The circuit court concluded that surveillance could serve a legitimate purpose but that, here, there was...

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