A non-duty disability benefits case before the Michigan Supreme Court was dismissed Thursday after the bench declined to rule on the matter, but it did offer an opportunity for one of its justices to highlight issues with the Court of Appeals opinion that sent it to the high court.
Public sector unions requiring nonmember employees to pay a fee for representation for access to grievance representation are violating their duty of fair representation, a unanimous Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday.
A zoning board of appeals' decision to deny variances an energy company requested to build wind turbines should stand because the board supported its findings with competent, material and substantial evidence, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The Recreational Land Use Act precluded relief sought in a lawsuit where the defendants' minor grandchildren were injured in an off-road vehicle crash on their property because the act limits a vehicle owner's liability to a landowner's gross negligence or wanton misconduct, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a near unanimous decision.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a Court of Appeals holding in a case of a woman injured after falling into a service pit at an automotive shop, with a majority of the court ruling that she was entitled to no-fault benefits.
An appeal related to an insurance lawsuit should have been heard by the Michigan Supreme Court and should have reversed the Court of Appeals' decision in the case, Justice Megan Cavanagh wrote in a dissenting opinion issued Friday.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday reappointed several members to its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission, with Justice David Viviano writing to object to the commission's existence.
The Michigan Supreme Court in an unsigned order Wednesday declined to hear an appeal of lower court rulings declining to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential primary ballot.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ordered the resentencing of an individual who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole when they were 18 years old.
Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court and attorneys robustly debated how the consequential "adopt and amend" case should be decided and what remedies were reasonably available during oral arguments held Thursday.