All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2022 // Two former University of Michigan football stars who stand to receive as much as $500,000 each through the school’s sexual abuse settlement with more than 1,000 students say the per-victim payouts should be much...
Jan 24 2022 // More than 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window in which they could sue the school for damages under new bills the Legislature will consider.It is the second time since...
Jan 21 2022 // A financial payout for more than 1,000 people — mostly men —who say they were sexually assaulted by former University of Michigan sports doctor Robert Anderson is the latest multimillion settlement involving schools...
Jan 20 2022 // The University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sports doctor during his nearly four-decade career at the school, the...
Jan 19 2022 // Two men died and five people were injured early Monday in a fire at a multi-family dwelling in Pontiac, authorities said.Eleven adults were in the home when the fire was reported around 2:44 a.m., Oakland County...
Jan 18 2022 // A woman who said she was injured after slipping on a lemon wedge has failed to revive her lawsuit against a popular Detroit tavern.The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision in favor of Old...
Jan 18 2022 // High Street Insurance Partners announced its December acquisition of Hershey Insurance Agency, a full-service insurance firm based in Troy, Michigan. Founded in 1979, Hershey offers personal insurance, business insurance...
Jan 12 2022 // A judge on Jan. 10 refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an engineering company, which is accused of not doing enough to stop the flow of lead-contaminated water in Flint in 2015.Four families are suing Veolia North...
Jan 11 2022 // A federal judge in Michigan has tossed a lawsuit brought by two gay corrections officers, ruling that some of their discrimination claims weren’t sufficiently proven and that statutes of limitation barred...
Jan 7 2022 // A paper mill in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has agreed to pay nearly $250,000 to settle an investigation of a fish kill in the Escanaba River, state regulators said.A “catastrophic pipe failure” at the...
Jan 7 2022 // Alera Group has acquired Gales Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency providing a full line of insurance products including home, business, auto and life insurance policies to protect families. Gales Agency, Inc.,...
Jan 6 2022 // More than 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window in which they could sue the school for damages under new bills that the Legislature will consider.It is the second time...
Dec 22 2021 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services is reminding uninsured drivers that they have until midnight on Dec. 31, 2021 to get penalty-free auto insurance.The amnesty period ensures that fees will not be...
Dec 16 2021 // The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was shot in the neck at Oxford High School during a mass shooting that left four students dead filed a pair of lawsuits seeking $100 million each against a Michigan school district,...
Dec 13 2021 // Strong winds across Michigan caused tens of thousands of new electrical outages Saturday, Dec. 11 and frustrated efforts to repair widespread damage to power lines from overnight storms.Nearly 50,000 additional outages to...
Dec 10 2021 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) will offer free town hall events for consumers about auto insurance. The town halls will take play Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. and Dec. 15 at 12 p.m. via Zoom.The...
Dec 8 2021 // All Michigan drivers with auto insurance will receive a $400 per-vehicle refund next year. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state regulators announced the dollar amount Tuesday, more than a month after she had requested the...
Dec 3 2021 // Residents complaining about foul odors from a sugar beet processor in Bay City have a lost a key decision at the Michigan Court of Appeals.Michigan Sugar, which turns beets into sugar, is accused of depriving people from...
Dec 2 2021 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer abandoned a lawsuit Tuesday, Nov. 30 aimed at shutting down an oil pipeline that runs through part of the Great Lakes but said the state would continue pursuing a separate case with the same...
Nov 29 2021 // A marijuana testing lab filed a lawsuit against Michigan regulators after a major product recall and allegations of unreliable results.Viridis Laboratories, with operations in Lansing and Bay City, said the...