In January of 2008 Plaintiff slipped and fell on ice on a patio near the front entrance of Trinity Continuing Care Services nursing home. She had driven her three-wheeled bicycle to the building to donate clothing. She parked her bike on the uncleared and unsalted patio which was next to the main entrance walkway. […]
Yesterday, the Michigan Supreme Court did away with the long-held rule of protecting minors and the infirm in no-fault claims. This legal issue has literally been a political ping-pong match with the balance of the court changing so much since 1999. Since 1973 — when the no-fault act was enacted — it had always been […]
Plaintiff, age 19, attended an after-prom party at the home of defendant’s son, who was a junior in high school and a minor. The party was held in a pole barn on the defendant-father’s property, which was located a short distance from the house. Alcohol was served at the party. The alcohol was brought […]
The Decedent had a life insurance policy which named his mother as the beneficiary. Subsequently the decedent met and dated his girlfriend. They eventually moved in together and had a baby girl together in 2003. While his girlfriend was pregnant, they discussed decedent changing the beneficiary of the policy. In 2005 decedent began having serious […]
Plaintiff was injured when he was struck by a vehicle driven by the defendant. In response to a complaint filed by the plaintiff, the defendant raised the defense of “sudden medical emergency.” In his answers to a first set of requests for discovery, the defendant admitted that he had recently been prescribed Xanax, and […]
In 1984 Lyall and June Aldrich signed a quit claim deed that transferred ownership in some land to their three children, Kim Aldrich, Randy Aldrich, and Kit Price as tenants in common. Randy Aldrich died without a Will in 1998. No probate estate was opened at the probate court after his death. In June […]
Congressman Dave Camp (R-Mi), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, has announced that the Committee will hold the second of two hearings on how accounting rules cause different types of businesses – specifically, publicly-traded and closely-held businesses – to evaluate tax policy choices differently. Whereas a previous hearing focused on financial accounting rules […]
A health system’s actual procurement costs for surgical implants is subject to disclosure for payment consideration by auto no-fault insurers. Patients of Bronson Methodist Hospital, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, were involved in motor vehicle accidents and sustained traumatic, orthopedic injuries requiring surgical implants. Pursuant to the no-fault act (MCL 500.3107(1)(a)), Bronson submitted its charges incurred by the […]
A man was walking was walking his dog on a road. A car and a snowmobile were approaching in opposite directions to the man and his dog. The car had its headlight on. The operator of the snowmobile testified that the car’s headlights blinded/obstructed his vision such that he did not see the man walking […]
A&A Property Management owned a gas station in the City of Detroit. It purchased the gas station by taking out a secured loan from Comerica Bank. It also maintained its fuel supply through a mortgage arrangement with Armada Oil and Gas. Armada recorded its mortgage first. When A&A defaulted on its loan payments with Comerica, […]
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