Terms Used In Michigan Laws 390.707b

  • College: means Albion college, created in section 1. See Michigan Laws 390.701a
  • Nontrustee volunteer: means an individual, other than a volunteer trustee, performing services for the college who does not receive compensation or any other type of consideration for the services other than reimbursement for expenses actually incurred. See Michigan Laws 390.701a
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  The college assumes the liability for all acts or omissions of a person who is a volunteer trustee or nontrustee volunteer occurring on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section if all of the following are met:
  (a) The person was acting or reasonably believed he or she was acting within the scope of his or her authority.
  (b) The volunteer was acting in good faith.
  (c) The volunteer’s conduct did not amount to gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.
  (d) The volunteer’s conduct was not an intentional tort.
  (e) The volunteer’s conduct was not a tort arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle for which tort liability may be imposed under section 3135 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3135.