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HANNAY v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP.

Docket Nos. 146763, 147335. Calendar Nos. 3, 7.

860 N.W.2d 67 (2014)

497 Mich. 45

HANNAY v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Hunter v. Sisco.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Granzotto, PC, Royal Oak (by Mark Granzotto ), and Gursten, Koltonow, Gursten, Christensen & Raitt, PC (by David E. Christensen , Southfield), for Heather L. Hannay.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Matthew Schneider , Chief Legal Counsel, and John P. Mack , Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Transportation.

Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, PLC, Livonia (by Karen M. Daley ), for the Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority.

Johnson Law, PLC (by Christopher P. Desmond ), for the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section.

Henn Lesperance PLC (by William L. Henn ) for the Michigan County Road Commission Self-Insurance Pool.

Kopka, Pinkus, Dolin & Eads, PLC, Farmington Hills (by Kevin J. Plagens and Valerie Henning Mock ), for the Insurance Institute of Michigan.

Lacey & Jones, LLP (by Carson J. Tucker , Farmington Hills ), for the Michigan Townships Association, Macomb County, Oakland County, and Wayne County.

Law Offices of Robert June, PC, Ypsilanti (by Robert B. June ), for the Michigan Association for Justice.

Plunkett Cooney (by Mary Massaron Ross , Bloomfield Hills and Hilary A. Ballentine , Detroit) for the Michigan Municipal League.

Allan Falk, PC, Okemos (by Allan Falk ), and Law Office of Cy Weiner, PC (by Cyril V. Weiner , Southfield and Nicholas M. Marchenia ), for Harold Hunter, Jr.

Crystal Olmstead and Anthony Chubb for the city of Flint Transportation Department.

Plunkett Cooney (by Mary Massaron Ross , Bloomfield Hills and Hilary A. Ballentine , Detroit) for the Michigan Municipal League.

Speaker Law Firm, PLLC (by Liisa R. Speaker , Kalamazoo), and Sinas Dramis Brake Boughton & McIntyre PC, Lansing (by George T. Sinas ) for the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, the Brain Injury Association of Michigan, and the Michigan Brain Injury Provider Council.

Barbara H. Goldman , Detroit for the Michigan Association for Justice.

In these cases, we are called upon to interpret a provision of the Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA), MCL 691.1401 et seq., commonly referred to as the motor vehicle exception to governmental immunity, MCL 691.1405. The statute provides, in relevant part, that "[g]overnmental agencies...

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