WIGFALL v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket Nos. 156793 and 157097.

934 N.W.2d 760 (2019)

504 Mich. 330

Dwayne WIGFALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DETROIT, Defendant-Appellee. Faytreon Onee West, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Detroit, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bauer & Hunter PLLC (by Christopher C. Hunter , Plymouth, and Richard A. Moore ), and Mike Morse Law Firm (by Michael J. Morse , Robert Silverman , and Stacey L. Heinonen , Southfield) for Dwayne Wigfall.

Ravid and Associates PC, Southfield (by Keith M. Banka ) for Faytreon O. West.

City of Detroit Law Department (by Lawrence T. Garcia and Linda D. Fegins , Detroit) for the city of Detroit (Docket No. 157097).

City of Detroit Law Department (by Lawrence T. Garcia and Sheri L. Whyte , Detroit) for the city of Detroit (Docket No. 157097).

Plunkett Cooney, Bloomfield Hills (by Mary Massaron , Hilary A. Ballentine , and Josephine DeLorenzo ) for Amici Curiae, the Michigan Municipal League and the Government Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Henn Lesperance PLC (by William L. Henn and Andrea S. Nester ) for Amicus Curiae, the Michigan County Road Commission Self-Insurance Pool.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH


OPINION

The issue in these cases is whether plaintiffs, Dwayne Wigfall and Faytreon West, properly served their notices of injuries sustained and of highway defects. MCL 691.1404(2) provides that this notice "may be served upon any individual . . . who may lawfully be served with civil process directed against the governmental...

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