Opinion ID: 2053481
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: summary disposition standard

Text: A court reviewing a motion for summary disposition must consider the pleadings, affidavits, depositions, admissions, and any other evidence in favor of the party opposing the motion, and grant the benefit of any reasonable doubt to the opposing party. Stevens v. McLouth Steel Products Corp., 433 Mich. 365, 370, 446 N.W.2d 95 (1989). As this Court stated in Radtke v. Everett, 442 Mich. 368, 374, n. 3, 501 N.W.2d 155 (1993): The alternative would require our abandonment of what has been called the truth-testing process of cross-examination and would encourage unwarranted invasion by judges of the jury's exclusive province. [Citations omitted.] In this case, I fail to understand how the majority can state that n o reasonable juror could find in favor of plaintiff, as a matter of law, when three respected and unanimous Court of Appeals judges and four members of this Court have already held that on the very facts of this case, plaintiff presented an issue of fact for the jury. At the summary disposition stage, the only question is whether, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, any reasonable person could find in favor of plaintiff. Seven current and former judges of this state have held that the answer is yes. Therefore, I respectfully dissent. [3]