LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Tolling orders in the COVID era have saved a medical malpractice lawsuit in Michigan, as a state appeals court has ruled the plaintiff had extra time to file.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
