Summary....
Get your tires rotated on your car? They didn't fasten a wheel,
so it fell off causing injury & damage? Court rules that "performing"
a job on a car is achieved by starting the job, not completing it.
There is no duty to fasten the wheels to the car...or to finish any
job on a motor vehicle.
On the plus side, the court ruled entirely in violation of Michigan
law, so this might be re-visited after enuf really bad plublicity.
Ref...
Court: Tightened lug nuts not guaranteed in tire rotation
Excerpted...
Get your tires rotated on your car? They didn't fasten a wheel,
so it fell off causing injury & damage? Court rules that "performing"
a job on a car is achieved by starting the job, not completing it.
There is no duty to fasten the wheels to the car...or to finish any
job on a motor vehicle.
On the plus side, the court ruled entirely in violation of Michigan
law, so this might be re-visited after enuf really bad plublicity.
Ref...
Court: Tightened lug nuts not guaranteed in tire rotation
Excerpted...