A trial court erred when it refused to expunge a criminal sexual conduct conviction following the set aside of two marijuana felonies that previously blocked the action, a Court of Appeals panel ruled this week.
A man's convictions of safe breaking, larceny of property, receiving and concealing stolen property, larceny from a building and conspiracy to commit those offenses were reversed in a ruling from the Court of Appeals whose majority found a violation in duplicative convictions and that an illegal search tainted the proceedings.
The Michigan Supreme Court's landmark 2022 decision holding a one-judge grand jury indictment must also include an opportunity for a preliminary examination to determine probable cause can and should be retroactively applied to convictions and sentences prior to the ruling, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel said Thursday.
The Livingston Circuit Court erred when it ignored a request for damages in a Medicaid benefits lawsuit and must reassess the validity of a disabled man's attempt to seek damages from a Livingston mental health provider, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
The Court of Claims did not err when it when held that the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and one of its employees were protected against tort claims through governmental immunity, the Court of Appeals ruled in a unanimous decision issued Thursday.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a stay on proceedings in the consolidated Edenville Dam cases seeking damages for the 2020 dam breach, but the order did not say whether justices plan to hear a pending appeal filed by the state.
If a contract gives one party discretion, the other party can challenge actions under that discretion if they are harmed by the results, the Court of Appeals ruled in a published opinion released Friday.
The Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that a person can be found guilty of animal cruelty if a prosecutor can prove they violated at least one of the criteria regarding cruelty in the Michigan Penal Code.
An estate can seek work-loss benefits when filing a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a traffic crash, the Court of Appeals has ruled in a case highlighting the difference between a suit under the auto no-fault law and one under the wrongful death act.
A trial court erred in holding a man criminally liable for a car crash caused by the breaks on his truck failing.