# Brisboy v. Fibreboard Corp.

> Michigan Supreme Court · January 25, 1988 · 429 Mich. 540

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9692882

## Case

- **Full name:** Brisboy v. Fibreboard Corporation
- **Court:** Michigan Supreme Court
- **Decided:** January 25, 1988
- **Citations:** 429 Mich. 540; 418 N.W.2d 650
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Archer
- **Judges:** Riley, Levin, Brickley, Boyle, Griffin, Cavanagh
- **Cited by:** 87 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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## Opinion text

*557 Archer, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part.) I agree with the majority’s finding that the trial court and the Court of Appeals were correct in rejecting defendant’s motion for directed verdict.
As to part m, I do not agree with the majority’s analysis and the pronouncements stated therein. Therefore, I concur in the result only. It is appropriate to remand this case to the trial court for entry of judgment and apportionment of damages.

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