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.
The Michigan Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals order and reinstated a circuit court decision acquitting a man who was seized without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.
The Supreme Court reversed an appeals court ruling and remanded a case back to circuit court involving an invalid traffic stop that led to charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and marijuana.
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.