Michigan Supreme Court Decisions 2016
Date: December 13, 2016
Docket Number: 153025
Justia Opinion Summary: On a snowy night, plaintiff Krystal Lowrey went with friends to defendant Woody’s Diner for drinks to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. While exiting the diner, she fell on the stairs and injured herself. She brought this…
Date: July 27, 2016
Docket Number: 150364
Date: July 27, 2016
Docket Number: 150364
Justia Opinion Summary: Helen Yono brought an action in the Court of Claims against the Department of Transportation, seeking damages for injuries sustained when she stepped into a depression in a parallel-parking space and fell. The Department…
Date: July 26, 2016
Docket Number: 150029
Date: July 26, 2016
Docket Number: 150029
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this case was whether plaintiff, Ronnisch Construction Group (RCG), could seek attorney fees under section 118(2), MCL 570.1118(2), of the Construction Lien Act (CLA) from defendant Lofts on the Nine, LLC…
Date: July 26, 2016
Docket Number: 150616
Date: July 26, 2016
Docket Number: 150616
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, National Heritage Academies, Inc., was a company that owned and operated a number of public, independently operated schools, including Linden Charter Academy (LCA) located in Flint, Michigan. Plaintiff, Craig…
Date: July 15, 2016
Docket Number: 151277
Date: July 15, 2016
Docket Number: 151277
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Clifton Arbuckle sustained a work-related back injury while working for General Motors Corporation (GM), and in May 1993 began receiving a disability pension. He retired that month and was subsequently awarded…
Date: July 14, 2016
Docket Number: 150591
Date: July 14, 2016
Docket Number: 150591
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007, plaintiff Innovation Ventures, LLC engaged defendants Andrew Krause and K & L Development of Michigan (K & L Development) to design, manufacture, and install manufacturing and packaging equipment for the…
Date: July 6, 2016
Docket Number: 151104
Date: July 6, 2016
Docket Number: 151104
Justia Opinion Summary: Peter Deacon, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, brought an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Pandora Media, Inc., which operated an…
Date: July 1, 2016
Docket Number: 152097
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was walking on a sidewalk in defendant city when she was injured after tripping on a 2.5-inch vertical discontinuity between adjacent sidewalk slabs. She sued defendant, alleging inter alia that the sidewalk’s…
Date: June 30, 2016
Docket Number: 152514
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Barbara Kozak alleged she was injured while crossing Kings Highway in Lincoln Park when she tripped over a three-inch elevation differential between the two slabs of concrete that met at the centerline of the…
Date: June 29, 2016
Docket Number: 150677
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Brandon Hall was hired by a prospective judicial candidate to gather nominating signatures of qualified voters in the 2012 election for the 58th District Court. By the evening before the May 1, 2012 deadline to…
Date: June 29, 2016
Docket Number: 152534
Justia Opinion Summary: In the early morning hours of May 5, 2014, a ruckus at a Brighton bar resulted in a call to the police. Two officers from the Brighton Police Department responded: Christopher Parks, a full-time police officer, and…
Date: June 23, 2016
Docket Number: 151342
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Supreme Court's review centered on whether a homeowner, or another person rightfully possessing a home, commits criminal larceny by removing fixtures from the home after it has been…
Date: June 22, 2016
Docket Numbers: 149872, 149873
Date: June 22, 2016
Docket Numbers: 150042, 149872, 149873
Justia Opinion Summary: In three consolidated cases, the Michigan Supreme Court addressed the question of whether defendants’ false statements made while serving as law enforcement officers during an internal affairs investigation could be used…
Date: June 15, 2016
Docket Number: 151843
Justia Opinion Summary: As a result of a 2007 misdemeanor conviction of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, defendant was required to register on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry semiannually for 25 years. Defendant failed to properly…
Date: June 13, 2016
Docket Number: 150656
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1993, plaintiff Dean Altobelli began working as an attorney for Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (“the Firm”). Upon joining the Firm, plaintiff signed the “Miller Canfield Operating Agreement” (“Operating…
Date: June 6, 2016
Docket Number: 149043
Justia Opinion Summary: Linda Hodge filed suit against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company for first-party no-fault benefits related to injuries she sustained when she was struck by a car insured by State Farm. Hodge’s complaint…
Date: June 6, 2016
Docket Number: 150719
Justia Opinion Summary: In September 2008, plaintiff Dustin Rock fractured his right ankle while changing the brake pads on a truck. Defendant K. Thomas Crocker, D.O., a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, conducted surgery and provided…
Date: June 6, 2016
Docket Number: 150834
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Feridon Pirgu sustained closed head injuries after he was struck by a car driven by an insured of defendant, United Services Automobile Association. Plaintiff, Feridon’s wife Lindita, was appointed as his…
Date: May 24, 2016
Docket Number: 151048
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Antonio Gloster was convicted by jury of aiding and abetting armed robbery. Defendant had driven four men to a market in Hamtramck. While defendant stayed in the car, two of the men assaulted a woman and…
Date: May 17, 2016
Docket Number: 149622
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant city of Lansing enacted an ordinance requiring contractors working on city construction contracts to pay employees a prevailing wage. Plaintiff Associated Builders and Contractors, a trade association, filed…
Date: May 3, 2016
Docket Number: 149989
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009 and 2010, the south wing of the Detroit Public Library was renovated. Defendant KEO & Associates, Inc. (KEO) was the principal contractor for this project. Defendant Westfield Insurance Company supplied KEO with…
Date: April 25, 2016
Docket Number: 150146
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Paul Seewald and alleged coconspirator Don Yowchuang worked in the district office of former Congressman Thaddeus McCotter during McCotter’s 2012 reelection campaign. Michigan election law required McCotter to…
Date: April 13, 2016
Docket Number: 149599
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Bank of America brought an action against First American Title Insurance Company, Westminster Abstract Company, and others, alleging breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation in connection with…
Date: March 29, 2016
Docket Number: 150371
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose out of a traffic stop of defendant Charles Dunbar made after police officers observed that his vehicle’s registration plate was partially obstructed by a bumper-mounted towing ball, a civil infraction…
Date: March 28, 2016
Docket Number: 151434
Justia Opinion Summary: Jason Triplett was convicted by jury on counts of domestic violence, carrying a concealed weapon and felonious assault. The charges arose after he threatened to use his utility knife to escape from two men who had…
Date: March 24, 2016
Docket Number: 151687
Justia Opinion Summary: Brian Beck, Audrey Mahoney, David and Felice Oppenheim, Patty Brown, and others brought an action in the Oakland Circuit Court against Park West Galleries, Inc., and others, alleging, inter alia, breach of contract and…
Date: March 21, 2016
Docket Number: 150332
Justia Opinion Summary: Alan Jesperson was injured in a motor vehicle accident when his motorcycle was struck from behind by a vehicle owned by Mary Basha and driven by Matthew Badelalla while Badelalla was making deliveries for Jet’s Pizza.…
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 150824
Justia Opinion Summary: In this medical malpractice case, the issue on appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court was whether the circuit court abused its discretion by excluding plaintiff’s expert medical testimony under MRE 702. The circuit court…
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 151374
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Supreme Court's review in this matter focused on the application of Michigan's Whistleblowers' Protection Act (WPA) to an employee who alleged that she was terminated because she…
Date: January 4, 2016
Docket Numbers: 149246, 149247
Justia Opinion Summary: During an attempted apprehension of an armed-robbery suspect, defendant-police officer Jake Liss shot a fellow officer, plaintiff Michael Lego. Lego and his spouse Pamela filed suit against defendant, asserting gross…
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