A split Michigan Supreme Court partially overruled a piece case law on Friday that said a defendant, raising Fourth Amendment concerns, is only "seized" by law enforcement when an officer has completely blocked them into a parked vehicle.
The Wayne Circuit Court abused its discretion when it deemed a defendant's proposed expert testimony as inadmissible, and the defendant in the case has shown good cause to receive a new trial, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Court rules and statute do not require all attorneys who represent a sanctioned client in a single civil lawsuit to be held jointly responsible for frivolous conduct, let alone jointly or severally responsible for that conduct, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday.
A piece of case law on standard of care requirements for expert medical witnesses was wrongly decided and must be partly overruled, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a pair of medical malpractice cases.
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office unlawfully confiscated a defendant's Saturn Ion – which prosecutors said was involved in a drug transaction – through civil forfeiture because it was not used to transport the drugs in question, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday.
In a case dealing with whether a defendant poses a danger to society, a trial court's decision to set aside a conviction based on public welfare cannot be determined solely by looking at the impact setting aside the conviction might have on individuals or a limited group of people, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday.
State and federal occupational safety statutes inadequately create exclusive remedies in preemptive lawsuits where a person alleged termination in violation of public policy because they fail to provide employees with sufficient redress, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday.
A split Michigan Supreme Court in a Thursday opinion reversed a Court of Appeals decision granting summary judgment to a subcontractor in a worker negligence case, with the majority ruling questions of fact remained while conservative justices said the common work area doctrine didn't actually apply in the case.
A trial judge's private emails with a prosecutor regarding the details of a criminal sexual conduct case violated the Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct, but the violation did not warrant a new trial, a split Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
When a court record raises a question of fact regarding the voluntariness of a plea agreement, a trial court must hold an evidentiary hearing to consider the totality of circumstances before it can be determined a plea was indeed involuntary, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 5-2 decision.