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Volume Eighty-three : Issue One : Fall 2005

Civil Rights

Adobe PDF Reverse Discrimination – A Plaintiff Claiming Reverse Discrimination Need No Longer Prove The Defendant Is That Unusual Employer Who Discriminates Against The Majority.  Lind v. City of Battle Creek, 681 N.W.2d 334 (Mich. 2004).
  Carrie Lewand      
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 1

Employment Law

Adobe PDF Sexual Harassment—Where the Excessiveness of a Verdict is the Product of Counsel’s Calculated Efforts to Divert the Jury from its Fact-Finding Role, a New Trial is Necessary.  Gilbert v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 685 N.W.2d 391 (Mich. 2004).
  Lindsay Adams
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 7

Evidence

Adobe PDF Testimonial Evidence for Criminal Appellate Review – A Defendant Must Testify in Order to Preserve a Challenge to a Trial Court’s Ruling In Limine Allowing Evidence That a Defendant Exercised Their Miranda Right to Remain Silent.  People v. Boyd, 682 N.W.2d 459 (Mich. 2004).
  Jason A. Ritter
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 13

Freedom of Information Act

Adobe PDF Public Body—The MHSAA is Not a “Public Body” as Defined by Section 15.232(d) of Michigan Compiled Lawsand Therefore is Not Subject to the Freedom of Information Act’s Disclosure Requirements.  Breighner v. MichiganHigh School Athletic Ass’n, Inc., 683 N.W.2d 639 (Mich. 2004).
  Bradley T. French
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 19

Insurance Law

Adobe PDF Criminal-Acts Exclusion—The test for Applicability of the Criminal-Acts Exclusion Includes an Objective Inquiry Using a Reasonable Person Standard to Determine if the Injuries Were a Reasonably Expected Result of the Insured’s Act.  Allstate Insurance Co. v. McCarn, 683 N.W.2d 656 (Mich. 2004).
  Hilary A. Dullinger
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 25

Property Law

Adobe PDF Eminent Domain – Allows for the Transfer of Condemned Property to a Private Entity when the Public Retains a Measure of Control Over the Property.  Countyof Wayne v. Hathcock, 684 N.W.2d 765 (Mich. 2004).
  Katherine D. Trever
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 31

Tort Law

Adobe PDF Liability Of Landowners—Immunity For Landowners Is Expanded Under A Reinterpretation Of Michigan’s Recreational Land Use Act.  Neal v. Wilkes, 685 N.W.2d 648 (Mich. 2004).
  John T. Schuring
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 35

Adobe PDF Medical Malpractice —The Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap Applies to a Wrongful Death Action Where the Underlying Claim is Medical Malpractice.  Jenkins v. Patel, 684 N.W.2d 346 (Mich. 2004).
  Jason Dandy
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 41

Adobe PDF Products Liability – Under Michigan Law, The Fact That a Product Is a “Simple Tool” Does Not Shield The Manufacturer From Liability Under a Defective Design Theory.  Swix v. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Inc., 373 F.3d 678 (6th Cir. 2004).
  Nicholas A. Kurk
83 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 47