Court Opinion

ID: 9592459
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:14:29.109137+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:05:58.371259
License: Public Domain

Neff, P.J.
(dissenting). I respectfully dissent from the holding of the majority that Michigan courts are preempted from exercising jurisdiction over tort claims on the basis of the preemption clause of 46 USC 4306, particularly in light of the savings clause of 46 USC 4311(g). Tort liability long has been considered the domain of state law and should remain so. I find the reasoning of the majority of the Texas Supreme Court in Moore v Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corp, 889 SW2d 246 (Tex, 1994), to be persuasive, indeed compelling, and I adopt it as my own.
I would reverse summary disposition in favor of defendants and remand this case for trial.