Trial court didn’t comply with the statutory requirements for denying an ex parte PPO by “merely concluding” that the allegations were “insufficient” for relief, the Michigan COA has ruled.

The plaintiff’s civil complaint should not have been dismissed after she allegedly gave false deposition testimony because dismissal was too harsh a sanction.

The Michigan SCT declined to hear the plaintiff’s appeal, thereby affirming that the plaintiff wasn’t entitled to compensation for the 9 years he spent in prison before being acquitted of sexual assault.

A civil forfeiture action is an in rem action. Modern day civil asset forfeiture has grown far beyond anything the 16th and 17th century law makers could have imagined.

A board-certified cardiologist satisfied the medical-malpractice expert witness requirements, even though the doctor’s specialty was not interventional cardiology.

The owners of 3 dogs killed by Detroit police during a marijuana raid can sue the officers who shot the dogs for civil rights, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Instead of hearing arguments in its standard Lansing courtroom, however, the Court held the arguments at Lake Superior State University in front of an audience of approximately 500 students.

Discharged attorneys may obtain a charging lien, which “is an equitable right to have the fees and costs due for services secured out of the judgment or recovery in a particular suit.”

The COA reversed and remanded the case of Yu v Farm Bureau, to the lower court to enter a judgment in favor of Plaintiff Yu on the issue of coverage and to proceed to determine damages.

Bail bond agencies act as surety for bonds for compensation in criminal cases in Michigan. Without them, our jails would be more over-crowded.

The Michigan Court of Appeals (COA) concluded that the equitable-parent doctrine does not extend to unmarried couples, whether heterosexual or same-sex couples.

A Grand Rapids ordinance that prohibits the use of a premises “which shall destroy the peace and tranquility of the surrounding neighborhood” is unconstitutionally vague.

The COA clarified an issue of first impression: whether a co-owner of a condominium unit has a claim sounding in premises liability against the condominium association.

To decide a child's domicile for purposes of insurance coverage under the No-Fault Act, MCL 500.3114(1), the Michigan Supreme Court turned to family law in Grange Insurance v Lawrence.