Opinion ID: 842398
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: michigan caselaw addressing design defect claims

Text: My interpretation is consistent with longstanding precedent of this Court. See Bush v. Oscoda Area Schools, 405 Mich. 716, 275 N.W.2d 268 (1979), Reardon v. Dep't of Mental Health, 430 Mich. 398, 424 N.W.2d 248 (1988), and Sewell v. Southfield Pub. Schools, 456 Mich. 670, 576 N.W.2d 153 (1998). However, today the majority overturns this precedent. Not only do I find unpersuasive the majority's attempt to dismiss the holding in Bush as dictum, but I disagree that Bush, Reardon, and Sewell should be overturned.