COOKE v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 346091.

963 N.W.2d 405 (2020)

333 Mich. App. 545

Angela A. COOKE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Madison C. Cooke, Megan E. Ockerman, and Gina M. Badia, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 10, 2020, at 9:10 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sinas, Dramis, Larkin, Graves & Waldman, PC (by George T. Sinas , Stephen H. Sinas , Lansing, Kevin Z. Komar , Southfield, and Joel T. Finnell , Lansing) for the estate of Madison C. Cooke.

Farhat & Story, PC, Lansing (by Kitty L. Groh ) for Megan E. Ockerman.

Garris, Garris, Garris & Garris, PC (by Michael J. Garris , Ann Arbor) for Gina M. Badia.

Dykema Gossett, PLLC (by Boyd White III , Detroit, James P. Feeney , and Fred J. Fresard , Bloomfield Hills) and Bush Seyferth & Paige PLLC, Troy (by Stephanie A. Douglas and Susan M. McKeever ) for Ford Motor Company.

Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and Borrello and Tukel, JJ.


Defendant, Ford Motor Company (Ford Motor), appeals by leave granted1 an order denying its motion for summary disposition in this motor vehicle negligence action raising wrongful-death and personal-injury claims under two theories of liability: Michigan's owner's liability statute, MCL 257.401, and common...

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