Sec. 90e. If a person operates a motor vehicle in a careless or reckless manner, but not willfully or wantonly, that is the proximate cause of an accident involving a pregnant individual and the accident results in a miscarriage or stillbirth by that individual or death to the embryo or fetus, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.90e
Conduct as proximate cause of accident involving pregnant individual as misdemeanor; penalty
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Robinson v. City of Detroit (2000)
Most recently applied in People v. Ambrose (October 2016)
Add. 1998, Act 238, Eff
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