Terms Used In Michigan Laws 120.111

  • Authority: means a port authority created under this act and may also include the area within the jurisdiction of an authority. See Michigan Laws 120.102
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
   Except with respect to docks or wharves owned, controlled, or operated by, the authority, this act shall not be construed to impose a duty upon an authority to a person using its waters in regard to the safety thereof, or to render an authority liable for loss of life or injury or damage to person or property, by reason of an obstruction in, or unsafe condition of, any part of its waters, nor shall this act be construed to render the authority liable in damages or otherwise for an omission to pass or enforce a rule or resolution made under this act.