Section 460.714 - Civil action; damage to underground facilities; liability. - Michigan Statutes

PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES (EXCERPT)
Act 53 of 1974

460.714 Civil action; damage to underground facilities; liability.

Sec. 14.

In a civil action in a court of this state, when it is shown by competent evidence that damage to the underground facilities of a public utility resulted from excavating, tunneling, drilling or boring procedures, or demolishing operations, or the discharge of explosives, as described in section 3, and that the person responsible for giving the notice of intent to excavate, tunnel, demolish, or discharge explosives failed to give the notice, or the person did not employ hand-digging or failed to provide support, the person shall be liable for the resulting damage to the underground facilities, but the liability for damages shall be reduced in proportion to the negligence of the public utility if it fails to comply with section 8.

History: 1974, Act 53, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1989