In this ineffective assistance of counsel claim, the trial court correctly refused to allow the testimony of the defendant’s proposed expert on criminal defense practice, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The Michigan Supreme Court is currently considering a case involving the denial of a residential tenant’s request for a “reasonable accommodation”.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has established a new standard for when an expert witness may be disqualified for an alleged conflict of interest.

A defendant’s first-degree child abuse conviction must be vacated because defense counsel’s performance at trial was “deficient”.

Attorneys who are retained to provide expert witness testimony are not automatically shielded by the witness immunity doctrine and can be sued for professional malpractice.

A trial judge should not have stricken a plaintiff’s expert witnesses as a sanction for violating discovery orders, the COA has ruled, finding that the sanction was too harsh.