In August 2014, Dr. El-Khalil had sued Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., alleging racial discrimination in violation of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA).

The matter should be remanded to the trial court so periodic hearings can be held to determine whether reinstating visitation would be in the children’s best interests.

In Slocum, Robert Slocum was killed in a motorcycle accident, leaving behind his wife and her biological son, as well as his two minor children from a previous marriage.

The COA reversed & remanded, finding there was an “abundant amount of circumstantial evidence” indicating that the Amendment was exerting undue influence on the decedent.

A probate court erred by appointing a divorced couple as the co-personal representatives of their deceased daughter’s estate.

A probate court erroneously applied the statute of limitations in the Michigan Trust Code to bar the plaintiffs’ challenge to the validity of their mother’s trust.

The COA held that a co-owner of the account who unlawfully transferred nearly all the funds to her personal account must return one-half of the funds that were taken.

A trial court did not err in terminating a father’s parental rights, thereby allowing a petition for stepparent adoption to proceed, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

A stepparent adoption petition was properly dismissed, because the mother did not have a court order establishing that she had custody of the child.

The trial court correctly ruled that the superintendent of the Michigan Children’s Institute “arbitrarily and capriciously” denied consent for the petitioner to adopt her niece.

An administrative law judge violated the petitioners’ due process rights by not letting them present their arguments at a hearing on the denial of a support subsidy for their adopted child.

The City of Battle Creek is not required to pay its fire department battalion chiefs for the hours they are required to be on “standby” duty, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The court awarded Defendant-Wife half of the marital interest in Plaintiff-Husband’s retirement benefits and pension via a QDRO through his employment with General Motors.

The Michigan Supreme Court decided on the propriety of a trial court in conducting an in camera interview of a subject child in the context of child protective proceedings.

An employee who was laid-off after 1) reported a co-worker’s conduct to supervisors & 2) considered notifying the police of the conduct didn’t offer enough evidence to proceed with a retaliation claim.

A company properly withdrew its offer of employment to a job candidate who tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) during a pre-employment drug screening.

In addition to her removal, the Supreme Court also imposed a six-year suspension without pay should Brennan be re-elected to office during the suspension.

A trial court improperly held that a driver’s consent to a blood draw was involuntary and, as a result, wrongly suppressed the blood-draw evidence at his drunk-driving hearing.