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City Termed Liable For Pothole Damage

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Ann Arbor dpparently can be held liable for damage done to vehicles and persons because of ill kept roads. City Council has learned in a memo from Assistant City Attorney John K. Vanderloon that the city "has a duty to keep its streets in reasonable repair so that they are reasonably safe for public travel." However, Vanderloon added, there is no liability wfiíess the city knew of the defects and had a reasonable time to correct them. Notice of injury or damage' must also be served within 120 days of the injury. The memo was in response to a question from Councilwoman Carol Jones, DSecond Ward. Responding to the memo, Jones asked the attorney's office to define what was meant by fixing defects in a "reasonable" time limit. i

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