1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Mich.
  4. 404 Mich.
  5. 404 Mich. 590 (1979)
 

FRANGES v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket Nos. 58369, 58832, 57356. (Calendar Nos. 19, 21, 22).

404 Mich. 590 (1979)

274 N.W.2d 392

FRANGES v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION BETKER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION SCHALK v. MICHIGAN SEWER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dice, Sweeney, Sullivan & Feikens, P.C., and Sam W. Thomas, P.C. (E.R. Winham, of counsel), for Joseph Franges, Jr., and Constance Franges.

Wells, Wilmoth, Keating & Nitz, P.C., for Gloria Betker.

Frederick Zizelman, Jr. (S. Lee Elliott, of counsel), for Allen Schalk.

Bolanowski, Brennan & O'Toole, P.C., for Michigan Mutual Liability Company.

Moore, Sills, Poling, Wooster, Sinn & Taylor, P.C., for Hardware Mutual Casualty Company.

Vandeveer, Garzia, Tonkin, Kerr & Heaphy, P.C., for Aetna Casualty and Surety Company.

Amicus Curiae:

Conklin, Benham, McLeod, Ducey & Ottaway, P.C. (by Thomas P. Chuhran), for Great Lakes Steel Division of National Steel Corporation.

BLAIR MOODY, JR., J.

We granted leave to appeal and consolidated the following three cases: Franges v General Motors Corp, 398 Mich. 810 (1976); Schalk v Michigan Sewer Construction Co, 398 Mich. 810 (1976); Betker v General Motors Corp, 398 Mich. 810 (1976).

Each of these cases involves a recovery by an employee/personal representative and his employer/insurance carrier against a third-party tortfeasor. The common issue presented is whether...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases