§ 691.1401 Definitions
§ 691.1402 Repairing and maintaining highways; damages for bodily injury or damage to property; liability, procedure, and remedy as to county roads; judgment against state; payment of judgment; liability of
§ 691.1402a Municipal corporation; maintenance of sidewalk; liability; presumption; additional defense; limitation
§ 691.1403 Defective highways; knowledge of defect, repair
§ 691.1404 Notice of injury and defect in highway
§ 691.1405 Government owned vehicles; liability for negligent operation
§ 691.1406 Public buildings; dangerous condition; liability; notice, contents, service
§ 691.1406a Subrogation
§ 691.1407 Immunity from tort liability; intentional torts; immunity of judge, legislator, official, and guardian ad litem; immunity of governmental agency under MISS DIG underground facility damage prevent
§ 691.1407c Donated fire control or rescue equipment; liability; testing, repair, or maintenance; rights of employee or volunteer under MCL 418.101 to 418.941; “organized fire department” defined
§ 691.1408 Claim or civil action against officer or employee of governmental agency for injuries caused by negligence; services of attorney; payment of claim; judgment for damages; indemnification; payment
§ 691.1409 Liability insurance; waiver of defense
§ 691.1410 Claims against state, political subdivision, or municipal corporation; procedure
§ 691.1411 Claim against government agency; limitation of actions
§ 691.1412 Claims under act; defenses available
§ 691.1413 Damage arising out of performance of proprietary function
§ 691.1414 Repeal
§ 691.1415 Effective date of act
§ 691.1416 Definitions
§ 691.1417 Damages or physical injuries caused by sewage disposal system event; compliance of claimant and governmental agency with relief provisions
§ 691.1418 Economic damages; grounds for noneconomic damages; available defenses
§ 691.1419 Notice of claim; requirements
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 691 > Act 170 of 1964 - Governmental Liability for Negligence

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Governmental agency: means this state or a political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 691.1401
  • Governmental function: means an activity that is expressly or impliedly mandated or authorized by constitution, statute, local charter or ordinance, or other law. See Michigan Laws 691.1401
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Highway: means a public highway, road, or street that is open for public travel. See Michigan Laws 691.1401
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Municipal corporation: means a city, village, or township or a combination of 2 or more of these when acting jointly. See Michigan Laws 691.1401
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Political subdivision: means a municipal corporation, county, county road commission, school district, community college district, port district, metropolitan district, or transportation authority or a combination of 2 or more of these when acting jointly; a district or authority authorized by law or formed by 1 or more political subdivisions; or an agency, department, court, board, or council of a political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 691.1401
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • State: means this state and its agencies, departments, commissions, courts, boards, councils, and statutorily created task forces. See Michigan Laws 691.1401
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Township: means a general law township or a charter township. See Michigan Laws 691.1401
  • Volunteer: means an individual who is specifically designated as a volunteer and who is acting solely on behalf of a governmental agency. See Michigan Laws 691.1401