DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan court struck down a large chunk of an $88,550 verdict for a Detroit-area organic gardener whose beloved clover lawn was destroyed by a man spraying herbicide — at the wrong address.
Marilyn Mack reported depression, anxiety and random crying after what happened at her Oak Park home in 2020. The appeals court upheld a jury award of $22,400 for harm to the property but erased an additional $66,150 for noneconomic damages.
The court, in a 3-0 opinion, didn’t doubt Mack’s anguish. Rather its conclusion Thursday was a technical one, noting that Michigan law doesn’t allow noneconomic damages on a trespass claim.
Clover is a nuisance to some homeowners. To others, it is a joy. Mack lovingly seeded her lawn with clover and watched it grow while the plant also satisfied bees and other pollinators. more here
Not justice. What about punitive damages for carelessness and stupidity?
Michigan? Isn’t that the state where the FBI staged the governor’s kidnapping and assassination attempt to frame some unwitting souls? Michigan? Isn’t that the same state where the governor made it illegal to buy the seed to plant your lawn and garden during covid?
Property rights are the basis of ALL OTHER RIGHTS.
Wretched Witless, our guvner, would rather prattle on about Chinese energy companies she’s in bed with or f@@@ing us with cage free egg prices.
Diagnosis: Bitch
Prescription: Drug therapy and a ball gag
Like that’ll ever happen…
That’s why you need to have a 10 foot tall stone fence around your house. With a moat. And falcons. And a trebuchet.
Wait.. Where am I going with this?
I thought you were going with gators as well MJA, but they don’t do well in Michigan winters.
Hot Dawg! Whoever changed things Thank You! I can read it today.
Well now, I can probably find something shark-like.
That’s why you should have polar bears!
Hmmm. 🤣
Lived in a house that was built on a lot that had been a cow pasture, the yard was lousy with clover. Rabbits loved it.
@ MJA:”Wait.. Where am I going with this?”
Not sure where you’re headed but you’re off to a damn fine start!
Crows protecting the property.
A flock of crows has rightly earned the designation of ‘A murder of crows’.