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New repose statute for lawyers would limit liability to six years before suit...
For years, lawyers facing malpractice lawsuits could face liability going back several years — and in rare cases, even decades. But because of a newly enacted statute of repose, MCL 600.5838b,...
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Who’s going to replace Hathaway?
It’s been a little over a week since the Judicial Tenure Commission dropped the bomb, i.e. its report about Justice Diane Hathaway and her attempt to obtain a short sale by allegedly hiding other her...
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Lawyer’s reprimand becomes a disbarment
Using money sitting in an IOLTA account for a prolonged period of time to pay office bills has led to the disbarment for an Allen Park attorney. Brent Hunt was originally reprimanded for his actions...
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Case debates the application of no-fault coverage from one accident to later...
Ian McPherson developed a seizure disorder that developed from a brain injury suffered in a car accident in 2007. Months later, he blacked out while riding a motorcycle and crashed. He sued his...
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‘That’s not crack’ might not be a defense in trafficking case
In the opening scenes of “A Few Good Men,” as the story is introducing the bona fides of young Lt. Daniel Kaffee as a brash yet brilliant defense attorney, Kaffee is negotiating a potential plea deal...
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Wisconsin gets medieval on deadbeat parents
Perhaps they should change the slogan on the Wisconsin license plate from “America’s Dairyland” to “Pay Your Child Support, Deadbeats.” While most states have laws that allow deadbeat parents to be...
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Fair Debt Act applies to mortgage cases
A mortgage servicing company seeking foreclosure is a debt collector for the purposes of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, ruled the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision applies the...
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Schuette asks AGC to investigate Hathaway
And now, they’ll go after her law license. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced that he wrote to the Attorney Grievance Commission to request an investigation into former Michigan Supreme...
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State agency not exempt from No-Fault Act
A woman injured in a car accident involving a state-owned snow plow can collect work loss damages beyond three years from date of the accident under the motor vehicle exception of the Michigan...
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Lack of signature doesn’t render changes to trust unenforceable
The handwritten notes of a trust’s grantor were sufficient to amend the trust, even though she didn’t sign the notes, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled. While the notes weren’t signed, they were...
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