An Ypsilanti Community School board member made comments about the new U.S. Attorney General that prompted the school board to move forward with cultural proficiency training.
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School board member's racially-charged Facebook post prompts cultural training
Jury must decide if attorney negligently represented client
The Michigan Court of Appeals has reinstated a client’s legal-malpractice claim, saying the jury must determine whether the lawyer gave the client appropriate advice about the effect of a settlement on workers’ compensation benefits.
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Governmental Immunity – Dissent would find insurer was city’s agent for sidewalk injury suit
From the dissent: Not only would an attorney likely infer that the insurer was acting as defendant’s agent, but a serious ethical concern arises here.
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Judges, past and present, gather for Court of Appeals golden anniversary
Current and former judges, as well as the legal community, celebrated 50 years of the appeals court at a special session on April 30.
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Sanctions proper, but vacated for no details of how calculated
Even though the plaintiff was properly sanctioned for asserting a frivolous argument, the award must be vacated because the trial court did not explain how it calculated the attorney’s fees that were included, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.
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Did that lawyer really do that?
Judges at a Women Lawyers Association of Michigan panel were all too willing to talk about attorney courtroom practices that rile them up — from citing improper case law for attorney’s fees to letting a client represent himself at an arraignment.
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Professional Responsibility – Effective of settlement on workers’ compensation benefits disputed
A plaintiff can get to the jury on her claim that her attorney negligently advised her regarding the effect of her no-fault settlement would have on her receipt of workers’ compensation benefits.
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View transcript from oral arguments in Supreme Court cases on gay marriage
Lawyers presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday in same-sex marriage cases out of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Skydive Tecumseh forced to land elsewhere pending outcome of lawsuit
A longtime southeastern Michigan skydiving operation is grounded during a lawsuit between the company and an airport.
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Ex-law clerk can’t sue firm for defamation, legal malpractice
A trial court properly dismissed an attorney’s defamation and legal-malpractice claims against the firm where he clerked while in law school, the Michigan Court of Appeals has decided.
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