State Supreme Court / Mich.

Bower v. Whitehall Leather Co.

Decided November 23, 1981. Blair Moody Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

312 N.W.2d 640 · Cited 80 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Pigue v. General Motors Corp. · 26 N.W.2d 900
Powell v. Casco Nelmor Corp. · 279 N.W.2d 769
Pulley v. Detroit Engineering & MacHine Co. · 145 N.W.2d 40
Christiansen v. Eaton, Yale & Towne, Inc · 280 N.W.2d 463
Dyer v. General Motors Corp. · 27 N.W.2d 533
Brown v. Premier Manufacturing Co. · 259 N.W.2d 143
Lynch v. Briggs Manufacturing Co. · 45 N.W.2d 20
Bingham v. American Screw Products Co. · 248 N.W.2d 537
Frammolino v. Richmond Products Co. · 260 N.W.2d 908
Dunavant v. General Motors Corp. · 38 N.W.2d 912
Todd v. Hudson Motor Car Company · 43 N.W.2d 854
Keith v. Chrysler Corp. · 200 N.W.2d 764
McAvoy v. H B Sherman Co. · 258 N.W.2d 414
Evans v. United States Rubber Co. · 152 N.W.2d 641
Detroyer v. Ernst Kern Co. · 277 N.W. 199
Keith v. Chrysler Corp. · 213 N.W.2d 147
Garrett v. Chrysler Corporation · 59 N.W.2d 259
Scott v. Kalamazoo College · 258 N.W.2d 191
Niekro v. the Brick Tavern · 238 N.W.2d 537
Neagle v. State Library · 148 N.W.2d 507
Morris v. General Motors Corp. · 226 N.W.2d 554
McKinney v. Uniroyal, Inc. · 266 N.W.2d 820
Schnatzmeyer v. Industrial Commission · 270 P.2d 794
P. P. G. Industries, Inc. v. Aites · 7 Pa. Commw. 588

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