A unanimous Court of Appeals panel on Thursday vacated the sentence of man convicted of first-degree murder when he was a teenager, as the trial court did not consider the defendant's age as a mitigating factor.
The Court of Appeals again held the Office of Retirement Services lacks statutory authority to create and implement normal salary increase schedules for retired superintendents.
The Michigan Employment Relations Commission erred when it disregarded statutory definitions of a "teacher" in an arbitration dispute, opting to adopt the dictionary definition instead, a split Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
A circuit court failed to properly analyze the potential "need" and "very serious consequences" of providing a special use permit to allow for an aggregate operation, the Court of Appeals ruled this week.
Revocations of assignment from medical providers made during a transportation-based personal injury lawsuit did not save their claims from being barred by Michigan's "one-year-back" rule on filing timely insurance complaints, the Court of Appeals ruled in a unanimous decision issued Thursday.
An email sent by Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement Fund to Beaumont Health notifying the health system to collect all information in support of a patient's personal injury protection claim served as reasonable start date for disputed penalty interest and attorney fees in a subsequent lawsuit, the Court of Appeals ruled in a unanimous decision issued Thursday.
The Wayne Circuit Court did not err when it affirmed the Department of Health and Human Services' decision to terminate a certified peer support specialist from holding the role after it was alleged that she had a sexual relationship with two of her customers, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
The Macomb Circuit Court erred when it denied an evidentiary hearing to the city of Warren and declined to resolve a contract dispute between the municipality and a vendor who had allegedly bucked the terms of a court data offloading project, a unanimous Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
The Kalamazoo Circuit Court erred when it denied motions to dismiss a consolidated malpractice lawsuit against Bronson Methodist Hospital because administrative orders from the high court did not apply to the tolling period in the case, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in a unanimous decision.
Making a racist comment to another person is insufficient grounds on its own for the person targeted by the remark to obtain a personal protection order, a unanimous Court of Appeals has ruled.