- Posted April 07, 2011
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Court will take another look at Detroit ankle case
DETROIT (AP) -- The Michigan Supreme Court has reversed itself and will hear arguments about whether the city of Detroit is responsible for a broken ankle near the Detroit River.
The decision last week is a result of the court's new conservative majority. When the court had a liberal majority last fall, a decision in favor of Charles Williams was allowed to stand.
The issue is whether an exception to liability applies when someone is hurt away from a road. Williams broke his ankle on a pedestrian path controlled by Detroit, not a highway.
Williams' lawsuit has survived thanks to a 2010 decision by the state appeals court. Some conservatives on the Supreme Court have called it "illogical."
Published: Thu, Apr 7, 2011
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