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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - An attorney who performed work for Ford Motor Company and now wishes to sue it will get a chance to show why he shouldn't be disqualified from the case.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A Michigan appeals court has struck down the state's limits on chemicals known as PFAS in drinking water, finding regulators failed to show how much it would cost businesses to comply.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A Michigan True Value hardware store isn’t liable for a tragic accident in which the driver of a U-Haul truck unexpectedly hit the gas pedal and crushed a customer against the wall of the building, an appeals court ruled.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who suffered severe friction burns after getting trapped between her treadmill and the wall has no case against the manufacturer or the contractor who installed the device, a Michigan appeals court ruled, citing both the statute of limitations and the woman’s own failure to read the instruction manual.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who attempted to leave a Walmart store without paying for items including a dozen packages of ramen noodles had no basis to sue the store for malicious prosecution, a Michigan appeals court ruled.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A Michigan appeals court has decided whether a lawsuit brought over the death of a woman who suffered from colorectal cancer should be classified as medical malpractice or “lost opportunity.”
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who slipped and fell in a Red Lobster on what she described as a “greasy, oily” patch on the floor can sue the chain for negligence, a Michigan court ruled, despite the fact an employee said she immediately responded to the report of a spill.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A 14-year-old who failed to hear the whistle of an oncoming train because he was listening to music on his earbuds can sue the railroad for failing to stop in time, a Michigan appeals court ruled.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A son can’t sue over the death of his elderly father at a restaurant they frequented because the asphalt on which the father tripped was an open and obvious hazard.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A young man who drowned in thick weeds while swimming out to retrieve an errant paddleboat was performing a job for his employer and covered by worker’s compensation, a Michigan appeals court ruled, reversing a trial court that allowed his family to sue over his death.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - The estate of an apprentice electrician who was killed on the job shouldn’t have been sanctioned for filing two wrongful death lawsuits against the church where the accident occurred, a Michigan appeals court ruled.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A 911 operator in Michigan who was found with his feet up on his desk watching videos on his phone while emergency calls went unanswered could still be found liable for a man’s death from a heart attack.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – The owner of a Michigan Buffalo Wild Wings got good news from a state appeals court in a lawsuit blaming it for a fatal car accident caused by a customer in 2015.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A dark room with no floor might not be an open and obvious hazard, the Michigan Court of Appeals has decided.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A driver and his employer will face a lawsuit after he ran over and killed a pedestrian who was attempting to cross a seven-lane highway but not using a crosswalk.
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DETROIT (Legal Newsline) – A boy whose finger was caught in the door of his first-grade classroom and was severed will get to sue his teacher unless she can prove she didn't shut the door in frustration.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – An inmate approved for volunteer duty at an animal shelter can’t sue it because he was attacked by a dog there.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – Ford Motor Company has won its appeal of a decision that found it could be liable for a fatal wreck involving a car leased by an employee through a company program.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A grown man who lived with his mother until her death can’t recover more than $300,000 in the subsequent lawsuit because he wasn’t dependent on her, an Indiana court has ruled.
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LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A Michigan school system won’t be liable for the death of a small child who was crushed by a falling panel that weighed more than 300 pounds.
