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· 10/20/1981

Adams v. Zajac

Citations

  • 313 N.W.2d 347
  • 110 Mich. App. 522

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that \physical contact” takes place when \integral part” of vehicle comes into physical contact with another vehicle
  • contact with tire left in road; held: \Whether the part is still attached or comes to rest after being detached from the vehicle makes little difference in principle....\
  • contact with tire left in road; held: “Whether the part is still attached or comes to rest after being detached from the vehicle makes little difference in princi-ple_”
  • summary disposition for Secretary of State reversed where insured’s vehicle went out of control after striking or swerving to avoid striking a truck tire and rim assembly left in the highway as the indirect physical contact between the involved vehicles was sufficient
  • “the ‘physical contact’ takes place when a vehicle or an integral part of it comes into physical contact with another vehicle. Whether the part is still attached or comes to rest after being detached from the vehicle makes little difference in principle.”
  • \continuous and contemporaneously transmitted force\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Holbrook, Bronson, Walsh

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