Michigan Supreme Court Orders Archives

Supreme Court of Michigan to Address Retroactive Application of MCL 224.21’s 60-day Notice Provision to Defective Highway Claims Against Governmental Entities

on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

Michigan Supreme Court to Reconsider 60-Day Notice Provision as Applied to County Road Commissions and Other Governmental Entities

Michigan Supreme Court Issues Clarifying Order Suspending Due Dates for Jurisdictional Appeals

on March 26, 2020May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

Following up on its prior order and as I had indicated in my prior blog post (Michigan Supreme Court Suspends All Case Filing Deadlines), the Court has now issued a clarifying order "tolling" filing deadlines for jurisdictional appeals; the time for filing a Claim of Appeal and Application for Leave to Appeal in the Supreme [...]

Michigan Supreme Court Suspends All Filing Deadlines for Case Initiation and Responsive Pleadings to Day After Period of Emergency Lockdown Ordered by Governor Whitmer

on March 23, 2020May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

By Administrative Order 2020-03 the Michigan Supreme Court has ordered that all filing deadlines for all case initiation and for filing of responsive pleadings in proceedings already initiated are suspended during the period of emergency enunciated in Governor Whitmer's Executive Order 2020-21 (COVID-19) (March 24 at 12:01 a.m. through April 13, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.). [...]

Carson J. Tucker Defends Appeal of Victory for Governmental Entity in Michigan Supreme Court

on April 3, 2019May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

I have filed a complex answer to an appeal in the Michigan Supreme Court addressing several key governmental immunity issues being litigated and addressed in Michigan. The Court of Appeals ruled in our favor and dismissed the suit against my client, but made several questionable statements in dicta in its opinion that we still may [...]

Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker Files Pro Bono Appeal for Disabled Veteran Seeking to Protect Disability Benefits from State Court Legal Process

on November 17, 2018May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

In another pro bono veteran's disability case, I recently filed a brief in the Michigan Court of Appeals seeking a decision on the applicability of federal law to a specific set of disabled veterans. Carpenter v. Carpenter Brief on Appeal Although federal law in some cases allows state courts to use veterans' disability pay to pay child [...]