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GROSS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket Nos. 98045, 98046, 98806, (Calendar Nos. 9-10).

448 Mich. 147 (1995)

528 N.W.2d 707

GROSS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION McLAIN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodman, Lister & Peters, P.C. (by Richard M. Goodman and Darrel Peters); Bendure & Thomas, of counsel (by Mark R. Bendure), for plaintiff Gross.

Chambers, Steiner (by Angela J. Nicita, Courtney E. Morgan, Jr., and Jeffrey T. Meyers) for plaintiff McLain.

Reynolds, Beeby & Magnuson, P.C. (by Frank K. Mandlebaum and Michael C. McKinnon), and Frank Nizio for defendant General Motors Corporation in Gross.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, P.C. (by Mark Shreve and Mark C. Smiley), for defendants-appellees Noran Transportation, Inc., Noran Leasing, Inc., and Leonard Martin in McLain.

Feeney, Kellett & Wienner, P.C. (by James P. Feeney, Peter M. Kellett, and David N. Goltz), for defendant-appellee General Motors Corporation in McLain.

Kohl, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Clark & Hampton (by Michael L. Updike) for defendants-appellees American Marine Shore Control and Mini in McLain.

Amicus Curiae:

Mark Granzotto and Monica Farris Linkner for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

BRICKLEY, C.J.

These cases present two issues for discussion. The first issue is whether the county in which executives may have approved product designs provides venue in a design defect case. We hold that it does not. The second issue is whether a plaintiff's experience of damages within a county properly establishes tort venue therein. We hold that it does not.

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These consolidated appeals concern two accidents involving General Motors vehicles...

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