{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2155","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2155","heading":"Statement, writing, or action expressing sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or benevolence; admissibility in action for malpractice; \"family\" defined.","body":"Sec. 2155.\n\n(1) A statement, writing, or action that expresses sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering, or death of an individual and that is made to that individual or to the individual's family is inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability in an action for medical malpractice.\n\n(2) This section does not apply to a statement of fault, negligence, or culpable conduct that is part of or made in addition to a statement, writing, or action described in subsection (1).\n\n(3) As used in this section, \"family\" means spouse, parent, grandparent, stepmother, stepfather, child, adopted child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-2155","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"470310f5a24103d2b47f21fc307fbb17e9dc6562ab83995c3c2aed16958d4f63","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2154","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2156"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}