Commercial Law – Financing agreement — Default judgment
Where a default and default judgment were set aside, that was error, as the defendants failed to establish a meritorious defense. The post Commercial Law – Financing agreement — Default judgment first...
View ArticleCriminal Law – Good Samaritan law — Drugs — Personal use
Where a judge granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine analogues, the dismissal order must be reversed because the judge failed...
View ArticleFamily Law – Domicile change
Where a mother’s motion to change domicile of her minor child was denied, that order should be affirmed based on the mother’s agreement with her child’s father. The post Family Law – Domicile change...
View ArticleSearch and seizure – Blood test — Intoxication
Where a police officer secured a search warrant for the blood of a defendant who was involved in a motorcycle accident in which defendant’s passenger died, the blood test results should have been...
View ArticleCriminal Law – Confrontation — Hearsay — Children
Where a jury found a defendant guilty of felony murder and first-degree child abuse, the convictions should be affirmed despite the defendant’s contention on appeal that his constitutional right to...
View ArticleUnemployment compensation – Insurance — New employer rate
Where three claimants were found in circuit court to be entitled to claim the new employer unemployment insurance tax rate under the Michigan Employment Security Act, reversal is warranted because the...
View ArticleWrongful death case involving suicide settles before trial
Case involves a suicide at a Michigan area facility The post Wrongful death case involving suicide settles before trial first appeared on Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
View ArticleFamily Law – Termination of parental rights
Where a judge terminated a father’s parental rights, the judge did not err in finding that there were statutory grounds supporting termination of the father’s parental rights and that termination was...
View ArticleFOIA – Text messages
Where a plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the defendant city violated Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, an award of summary disposition in favor of the city should be affirmed because the...
View ArticleCriminal Law – Misconduct in office — Border patrol agents
Where the defendant federal border patrol agents were convicted of common-law misconduct in office, the convictions should be affirmed despite the defendants’ argument that there was insufficient...
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