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Interstate travel and multiple car ownership can raise interesting issues of insurance eligibility and coverage. In a recent case, the court of appeals addressed whether a husband and wife who resided in Michigan for… Read More

Do hospitals, doctors and other health care providers have the right to bring a direct statutory cause of action under the No-Fault Act to recover No-Fault PIP insurance benefits for allowable expenses from a No-Fault… Read More

Michigan law allows a probate court to appoint a guardian and/or conservator for a person who lacks legal capacity to make decisions for themselves due to health problems, injuries, illnesses, and also chronic alcohol or… Read More

A Flint police officer filed suit alleging he was retaliated against by his government employer because he publicly criticized government officials for misusing tax millage revenues. The officer alleged in his lawsuit… Read More

Automobile accidents involving government-owned motor vehicles can raise issues of governmental immunity, as well as the application of Michigan’s No-Fault Insurance Act. The government, and governmental employees, are… Read More

In Christians v Twp of Clark, No. 327519, 2016 WL 6138667 (Mich Ct App October 20, 2016) the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a zoning board decision denying homeowners a special use permit for resort activities on their… Read More

​In Crite v Detroit Entmt, LLC​, No. 329073, 2016 WL 7609137 (Mich Ct App December 29, 2016) a plaintiff alleging she fell because of an unreasonably hazardous walking surface . . . Read More

In Martin v Langford, No. 328815, 2016 WL 7493716 (Mich Ct App December 22, 2016) the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's grant of summary disposition where an employee practicing Islam . . . Read More

A man was injured in a fall from a rock climbing wall at Lifetime Fitness Center in Novi. The man paid for a membership at the fitness facility for himself and his family, and (as is fairly common) he had been required… Read More

In Denney v Kent Co Rd Com'n, No. 328135, 2016 WL 6780984 (Mich Ct App November 15, 2016) a motorcyclist sustained fatal injuries after hitting two potholes on a road . . . Read More

Plaintiff Yasmine Diallo was injured in an auto accident while driving a vehicle insured by Defendant Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Thereafter, Ms. Diallo sought personal protection insurance (PIP) benefits… Read More

A potential “trap” that medical care providers and injured people (and their families) should be aware of is the “lawfully rendered treatment” language of MCL 500.3157, which has been effectively developed as an… Read More