Michigan Court of Appeals - Published Opinions Decisions 2017

MICHAEL ZORAN V TOWNSHIP OF COTTRELLVILLE (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: December 28, 2017
Docket Number: 334886
IN RE KAREN LIND BUTLER MD (Authored Opinion)
Date: December 21, 2017
Docket Number: 334687
ESTATE OF MICHAEL KOCH V A Z SHMINA INC (Authored Opinion)
Date: December 19, 2017
Docket Number: 332583
PEOPLE OF MI V ROMON BERRY MCBURROWS (Authored Opinion)
Date: December 19, 2017
Docket Number: 338552
ESTATE OF EUGENE WAYNE HUNT V ROGER DRIELICK (Authored Opinion)
Date: December 14, 2017
Docket Numbers: 333630, 333631, 333632
ROBERT MCMILLAN V SUSAN DOUGLAS (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: December 14, 2017
Docket Number: 335166
PEOPLE OF MI V KERRI LYNN THORNE (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: December 14, 2017
Docket Number: 335262
CAROLYN SUE KELSEY V NITA LINT (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: December 14, 2017
Docket Number: 336852
ANGELINA A COX V ERIC J HARTMAN MD (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: December 12, 2017
Docket Numbers: 333849, 333994
WILLIAM JOSEPH BATTS V TITAN INSURANCE COMPANY (Authored Opinion)
Date: December 12, 2017
Docket Number: 335656
SUSAN REANEL LUDWIG V CRAIG COOPER LUDWIG (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: December 12, 2017
Docket Numbers: 336938, 336978
PEOPLE OF MI V ALEXANDER JEREMY STEANHOUSE (Authored Opinion)
Date: December 5, 2017
Docket Number: 318329
PEOPLE OF MI V SHAE LYNN MULLINS (Authored Opinion)
Date: November 30, 2017
Docket Number: 334098
DONALD EAGER V CECILIA L KAURICH TRUST (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: November 30, 2017
Docket Number: 336460
DONALD EAGER V CECILIA L KAURICH TRUST (Authored Opinion)
Date: November 30, 2017
Docket Number: 336460
DAVID N RENTSCHLER V TOWNSHIP OF MELROSE (Authored Opinion)
Date: November 28, 2017
Docket Number: 336333
MARY ILENE MCROBERTS V KYLE ANDREW FERGUSON (Authored Opinion)
Date: November 28, 2017
Docket Number: 337665
MICHAEL LONG V LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: November 16, 2017
Docket Number: 335723
PRIME TIME INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTING INC V DEPT OF TREASURY (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: November 16, 2017
Docket Numbers: 335913, 335914, 335916, 335918, 335919, 336008, 337267
PEOPLE OF MI V GARY PATRICK LEWIS (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: November 2, 2017
Docket Number: 325782
JAMES EDWARDS V DETROIT NEWS INC (Authored Opinion)
Date: October 31, 2017
Docket Number: 334058
KERSCH RAY V ERIC SWAGER (Concurring Opinion)
Date: October 24, 2017
Docket Number: 322766
KERSCH RAY V ERIC SWAGER (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: October 24, 2017
Docket Number: 322766
DRAGO KOSTADINOVSKI V STEVEN D HARRINGTON MD (Authored Opinion)
Date: October 24, 2017
Docket Number: 333034
CHARLES VAYDA V COUNTY OF LAKE (Authored Opinion)
Date: October 19, 2017
Docket Number: 333495
FRED PAQUIN V CITY OF ST IGNACE (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: October 19, 2017
Docket Number: 334350
DAVID GURSKI V MOTORISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Authored Opinion)
Date: October 17, 2017
Docket Number: 332118
LAWRENCE RUSSELL V CITY OF DETROIT (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: October 10, 2017
Docket Number: 332934
PEOPLE OF MI V EDWARD DUANE POINTER-BEY (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: October 10, 2017
Docket Number: 333234
SARAH LYNN NORTLEY V DENNIS HURST (Authored Opinion)
Date: October 10, 2017
Docket Number: 333240
KRISTOPHER S O'LEARY V CHRISTINE A O'LEARY (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: October 10, 2017
Docket Number: 333519
ESTATE OF CHANCE AARON NASH V CITY OF GRAND HAVEN (Authored Opinion)
Date: October 10, 2017
Docket Number: 336907
PEOPLE OF MI V DAWN MARIE DIXON-BEY (Concurring Opinion)
Date: September 26, 2017
Docket Number: 331499
PEOPLE OF MI V DAWN MARIE DIXON-BEY (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 26, 2017
Docket Number: 331499
DAVOR VULIC V DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: September 26, 2017
Docket Number: 333255
DAVOR VULIC V DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 26, 2017
Docket Number: 333255
BETTINA WINKLER V MARIST FATHERS OF DETROIT INC (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: September 21, 2017
Docket Number: 323511
COUNCIL OF ORGANIZATIONS & OTHERS FOR ED V STATE OF MICHIGAN (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 21, 2017
Docket Numbers: 338258, 338259
PEOPLE OF MI V CHARLES WILLIAM WOOD (Concurring Opinion)
Date: September 19, 2017
Docket Number: 331462
PEOPLE OF MI V CHARLES WILLIAM WOOD (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 19, 2017
Docket Number: 331462
PEOPLE OF MI V KIMBERLY ANITRA MURPHY (Concurring Opinion)
Date: September 19, 2017
Docket Number: 331620
PEOPLE OF MI V KIMBERLY ANITRA MURPHY (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 19, 2017
Docket Number: 331620
IN RE CONSERVATORSHIP OF RHEA BRODY (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: September 19, 2017
Docket Number: 332994
IN RE THE GUARDIANSHIP OF DOROTHY REDD (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 19, 2017
Docket Number: 335152
PEOPLE OF MI V GLORIANNA WOODARD (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 19, 2017
Docket Number: 336512
IN THE MATTER OF RHEA BRODY LIVING TRUST (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: September 12, 2017
Docket Number: 330871
PEOPLE OF MI V RICHARD ALLEN BAHAM (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: September 12, 2017
Docket Number: 331787
PEOPLE OF MI V RAYMOND CHARLES PIERSON (Concurring Opinion)
Date: September 12, 2017
Docket Number: 332500
PEOPLE OF MI V RAYMOND CHARLES PIERSON (Concurring Opinion)
Date: September 12, 2017
Docket Number: 332500
PEOPLE OF MI V RAYMOND CHARLES PIERSON (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 12, 2017
Docket Number: 332500
MLIVE MEDIA GROUP V CITY OF GRAND RAPDIS (Authored Opinion)
Date: September 12, 2017
Docket Number: 338332
ZAID SAFDAR V DONYA AZIZ (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: September 7, 2017
Docket Number: 337985
ROLLA MITCHELL V KALAMAZOO ANESTHESIOLOGY PC (Authored Opinion)
Date: August 24, 2017
Docket Number: 331959
PEOPLE OF MI V JASON CHARLES ROBAR (Authored Opinion)
Date: August 24, 2017
Docket Number: 335377
PEOPLE OF MI V RONALD KENNETH NORFLEET (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: August 22, 2017
Docket Number: 328968
PEOPLE OF MI V VIRGIL SMITH (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: August 22, 2017
Docket Number: 332288
PEOPLE OF MI V VIRGIL SMITH (Authored Opinion)
Date: August 22, 2017
Docket Number: 332288
IN RE DETMER/BEAUDRY MINORS (Authored Opinion)
Date: August 22, 2017
Docket Number: 336348
PEOPLE OF MI V VICKI RENEE DICKINSON (Authored Opinion)
Date: August 15, 2017
Docket Number: 332653
BRANG INC V LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION (Authored Opinion)
Date: August 10, 2017
Docket Number: 333007
PEOPLE OF MI V JAY DEE SPENCER (Authored Opinion)
Date: August 10, 2017
Docket Number: 337045
PEOPLE OF MI V LARRY GERALD MEAD (Authored Opinion)
Date: August 8, 2017
Docket Number: 327881
GARFIELD MART INC V DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: August 8, 2017
Docket Number: 333094
PEOPLE OF MI V MICHAEL ANTHONY WELLMAN (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: August 3, 2017
Docket Number: 332429
VALUE INC V DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: August 1, 2017
Docket Number: 331581
PEOPLE OF MI V ANTJUAN PIERRE JACKSON (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: July 25, 2017
Docket Number: 332307
DC MEX HOLDINGS LLC V AFFORDABLE LAND LLC (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: July 25, 2017
Docket Number: 332439
PEOPLE OF MI V JAMES DAVID URBAN (Authored Opinion)
Date: July 18, 2017
Docket Number: 332734
PEOPLE OF MI V GEORGE WILLIAM WINTERS (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: July 18, 2017
Docket Number: 333009
ADRIENNE RENEE YOCHES V CITY OF DEARBORN (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: July 13, 2017
Docket Numbers: 330998, 331137, 331139, 331144, 331147, 331149, 331630
THADDEUS J ANDRUSZ V JACQUELINE R ANDRUSZ (Authored Opinion)
Date: July 13, 2017
Docket Number: 331339
PEOPLE OF MI V JOEL EUSEVIO DAVIS (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: July 13, 2017
Docket Number: 332081
CONNIE JOUGHIN V WILLIAM JOUGHIN (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: July 11, 2017
Docket Number: 329993
CONNIE JOUGHIN V WILLIAM JOUGHIN (Authored Opinion)
Date: July 11, 2017
Docket Number: 329993
IN RE MJG (Authored Opinion)
Date: July 11, 2017
Docket Number: 332928
IN RE BGP (Authored Opinion)
Date: July 11, 2017
Docket Numbers: 333700, 333813
PEOPLE OF MI V KEVIN PATRICK KAVANAUGH (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: July 6, 2017
Docket Number: 330359
PAULETTE STENZEL V BEST BUY COMPANY INC (Concurring Opinion)
Date: June 27, 2017
Docket Number: 328804
PAULETTE STENZEL V BEST BUY COMPANY INC (Authored Opinion)
Date: June 27, 2017
Docket Number: 328804
JEREMY PHILLIP JONES V SHARON DENISE JONES (Authored Opinion)
Date: June 22, 2017
Docket Number: 334937
FRANK KERN III V BONNIE KERN-KOSKELA (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: June 20, 2017
Docket Number: 330183
PEOPLE OF MI V ANITA DIANE LAWHORN (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2017
Docket Number: 330878
JARRET T GEERING V ELIZABETH MAY KING (Authored Opinion)
Date: June 13, 2017
Docket Number: 335794
TERRY LEE ELLISON V DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Authored Opinion)
Date: June 13, 2017
Docket Number: 336759
PEOPLE OF MI V CHRISTOPHER ALLAN OROS (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Number: 329046
HOME-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY V DOMINIC F ANDRIACCHI (Authored Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Numbers: 331260, 332457, 332640, 333695
LAWRENCE W WALRATH V WITZENMANN USA LLC (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Number: 331953
PEOPLE OF MI V PHILLIP EDWARD SHENOSKEY (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Numbers: 332735, 333375
IN RE JJW AND ELW (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Numbers: 334095, 335932
JOSHUA WADE V UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: June 6, 2017
Docket Number: 330555
JOSHUA WADE V UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Authored Opinion)
Date: June 6, 2017
Docket Number: 330555
GARY HENRY V DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: June 1, 2017
Docket Number: 328716
GARY HENRY V DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (Authored Opinion)
Date: June 1, 2017
Docket Number: 328716
PEOPLE OF MI V DEMETRIUS TERRELL MAGGIT (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: May 30, 2017
Docket Number: 335651
PEOPLE OF MI V DEMETRIUS TERRELL MAGGIT (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: May 30, 2017
Docket Number: 335651
ELIZABETH BELLINGER V JULIE KRAM (Authored Opinion)
Date: May 25, 2017
Docket Number: 331199
PEOPLE OF MI V TIMOTHY MATTHEW PARKER (Concurring Opinion)
Date: May 25, 2017
Docket Number: 335541
PEOPLE OF MI V TIMOTHY MATTHEW PARKER (Authored Opinion)
Date: May 25, 2017
Docket Number: 335541
DENISHIO JOHNSON V CURT VANDERKOOI (Authored Opinion)
Date: May 23, 2017
Docket Number: 330536
LADONNA NEAL V DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL (Authored Opinion)
Date: May 16, 2017
Docket Number: 329733
ESTATE OF JAMES ARMOUR II V RODNEY W HALL (Authored Opinion)
Date: May 9, 2017
Docket Number: 331800
IN RE $55,336.17 SURPLUS FUNDS (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: May 9, 2017
Docket Number: 331880
IN RE LFOC MINOR (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: May 4, 2017
Docket Number: 334870
SAGINAW EDUCATION ASSOCIATION V KATHY EADY-MISKIEWICZ (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: May 2, 2017
Docket Numbers: 329419, 329425, 329426, 329427, 329428, 329429, 329430, 329431, 331398, 331762, 331875
PEOPLE OF MI V VERNON BERNHARDT TACKMAN JR (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: May 2, 2017
Docket Numbers: 330654, 330656, 331874
PEOPLE OF MI V SABRINA RACINE PARKER (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: April 25, 2017
Docket Number: 330898
PEOPLE OF MI V DANIEL RIDGE (Authored Opinion)
Date: April 25, 2017
Docket Numbers: 333790, 333791
IN RE TAYLOR ANNE KILLICH (Authored Opinion)
Date: April 20, 2017
Docket Number: 329941
PEOPLE OF MI V MICHAEL EUGENE FOSTER (Authored Opinion)
Date: April 20, 2017
Docket Number: 329992
PEOPLE OF MI V ROBERT LOUIS WALDEN (Concurring Opinion)
Date: April 20, 2017
Docket Number: 330144
PEOPLE OF MI V ROBERT LOUIS WALDEN (Authored Opinion)
Date: April 20, 2017
Docket Number: 330144
PLANET BINGO LLC V VKGS LLC (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: April 18, 2017
Docket Number: 328896
RITA KENDZIERSKI V COUNTY OF MACOMB (Authored Opinion)
Date: April 18, 2017
Docket Number: 329576
PEOPLE OF MI V ISKANDAR MANUEL (Authored Opinion)
Date: April 18, 2017
Docket Number: 331408
PEOPLE OF MI V SHAWN LOVETO CAMERON JR (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: April 4, 2017
Docket Number: 330876
PEOPLE OF MI V ANTHONY PARLOVECCHIO (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: April 4, 2017
Docket Number: 333590
PEOPLE OF MI V ZERIOUS MEADOWS (Authored Opinion)
Date: March 28, 2017
Docket Number: 334927
PEOPLE OF MI V LOVELL CHARLES SHARPE (Authored Opinion)
Date: March 16, 2017
Docket Numbers: 332879, 333872
TOM NOWACKI V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (Authored Opinion)
Date: March 14, 2017
Docket Number: 330255
LAMIS H ELAHHAM V MOHAMAD B AL-JABBAN (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: March 9, 2017
Docket Numbers: 326775, 331438
JOHN ALLEN LIEBERMAN V KIMBERLY ANN ORR (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: March 7, 2017
Docket Number: 333816
JOHN ALLEN LIEBERMAN V KIMBERLY ANN ORR (Authored Opinion)
Date: March 7, 2017
Docket Number: 333816
STEPHANI LARA YACHCIK V KRISTOPHER JON YACHCIK (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: February 28, 2017
Docket Number: 333834
DONALD BERGMAN V BRYCE R COTANCHE (Authored Opinion)
Date: February 23, 2017
Docket Number: 330438
PEOPLE OF MI V BRANDON ALLEN SMITH (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: February 21, 2017
Docket Number: 330075
TYANN SHELTON V AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY (Concurring Opinion)
Date: February 14, 2017
Docket Number: 328473
TYANN SHELTON V AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY (Authored Opinion)
Date: February 14, 2017
Docket Number: 328473
PEOPLE OF MI V ANTHONY MARK RICE (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: February 14, 2017
Docket Number: 329502
PEOPLE OF MI V JOHN EDWARD BARRITT (Concurring Opinion)
Date: February 14, 2017
Docket Number: 333206
PEOPLE OF MI V JOHN EDWARD BARRITT (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: February 14, 2017
Docket Number: 333206
PEOPLE OF MI V JOHN EDWARD BARRITT (Authored Opinion)
Date: February 14, 2017
Docket Number: 333206
TAYLOR SCHOOL DISTRICT V NANCY RHATIGAN (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: February 9, 2017
Docket Number: 326128
K & W WHOLESALE LLC V DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (Authored Opinion)
Date: February 7, 2017
Docket Number: 327107
PEOPLE OF MI V BUD BRYANT (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: February 2, 2017
Docket Number: 328512
EARL H ALLARD JR V CHRISTINE A ALLARD (Authored Opinion)
Date: January 31, 2017
Docket Number: 308194
SUSAN BLACKWELL V DEAN FRANCHI (Concurring Opinion)
Date: January 31, 2017
Docket Number: 328929
SUSAN BLACKWELL V DEAN FRANCHI (Dissenting Opinion)
Date: January 31, 2017
Docket Number: 328929
SUSAN BLACKWELL V DEAN FRANCHI (Authored Opinion)
Date: January 31, 2017
Docket Number: 328929
PEOPLE OF MI V GHASSAN SALIM SARDY (Authored Opinion)
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 319227
ESTATE OF TYLER JACOB MAKI V VICTOR COEN (Authored Opinion)
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 328704
PEOPLE OF MI V DONNIE EVERETT (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 328660
RODENE JOY CASSIDY V ROBERT FRANCIS CASSIDY JR (Authored Opinion)
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Numbers: 328004, 328024, 333319
BRUNT ASSOCIATES INC V DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (Per Curiam Opinion)
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 328253
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