In Yono v. MDOT, Supreme Court Case No. 146603, a case in which I submitted an amicus curiae brief for Macomb County Department of Roads, Oakland County Road Commission and Wayne County in support of the state's application for leave to appeal, the Supreme Court granted oral argument on the application and invited additional briefing.  Read [...]
Tag: personal injury
Amicus Curiae Brief Submitted in Huddleston v. IHA of Ann Arbor, P.C., et al, Supreme Court No. 146041
We submitted an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel in this case before the Supreme Court to address the extent of damages potentially available in a medical malpractice action involving the loss of a "dual organ" by the plaintiff as a result of the alleged malpractice.  Here is the brief: huddleston.sc.amicus.curiae.br [...]
Bus Passenger’s Cause of Action Dismissed Against Transportation Commission – Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court’s Judgment for Transportation Commission
In Palmer v. Blue Water Area Transportation Commission, the Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's judgment of no cause of action against a governmental entity (here a transportation commission) in a suit by a bus passenger alleging negligence and gross negligence against the governmental entity and its employee, respectively. Plaintiff fell while boarding the bus. [...]
Supreme Court Denies Application to Consider Whether Noneconomic Damages are Available Under No-Fault Act Against Governmental Entities
In Hodges.v.City of Dearborn et al, the Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's decision to allow a suit to proceed against a governmental entity in a wrongful death, liability suit involving a collision between a police vehicle responding to a reported fire and the plaintiff's decedent's vehicle.  The Court of Appeals held the plaintiff's estate [...]
Court of Appeals Requests Conflict Panel to Resolve Issue of Whether Plaintiff’s Prematurely Filed Complaint Can Be Equitably Amended to Allow Notice Period to Toll Statute of Limitations in Medical Malpractice Action
Yesterday, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued an adversarial published opinion in the case of Furr v. McLeod, MD, et al, Court of Appeals Docket No. 310652.  The panel ruled as it did only because prior Court of Appeals precedent  required it to do so under Michigan Court Rule (MCR) 7.215(J).  However, the panel requested impaneling a [...]