All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 3 2011 // The Michigan Supreme Court says the state has no obligation to maintain a northern Michigan trail, dismissing a lawsuit by a woman who sued after suffering serious back injuries when her off-road vehicle hit a partially...
Aug 3 2011 // A Michigan judge this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by a woman who sought more than $8,000 from a Washington man she met on Facebook after he called an end to their online romance.The judge said she had no jurisdiction in...
Aug 1 2011 // The Michigan Supreme Court has granted Flint’s request to dismiss a lawsuit by a man who claims he wasn’t notified before his home was demolished. Lee Khan’s house was badly damaged by fire. He says he...
Jul 28 2011 // Great Northern Insurance of Sterling Heights, Mich., has joined the ISU Network. Established in 2010, ISU Great Northern Insurance is owned by Jessica Nofar. ISU Great Northern represents Associated Food & Petroleum...
Jul 28 2011 // A Michigan-based legal group Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to review and overturn a decision that found President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law constitutional.In the first of several appeals likely to...
Jul 25 2011 // Shareholders of Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. have approved the previously announced merger agreement with Auto Club Insurance Association. Based upon the preliminary tally of shares voted at the special meeting of...
Jul 25 2011 // The Michigan appeals court won’t hold a couple responsible for a tree branch that fell and killed a 45-year-old Kalamazoo man during high winds in June 2008. Joseph Clock’s estate sued Neal and Susan Kemp,...
Jul 22 2011 // The Michigan appeals court has ruled in favor of a man who accidentally struck a young Muskegon County girl in the face with a softball during practice. Emily French lost at least four teeth and had her jaw wired shut...
Jul 19 2011 // DuPont was sued last Friday by a Michigan golf club that alleges its widely used Imprelis herbicide kills trees, reflecting a growing nationwide problem being investigated by a top U.S. regulator.Imprelis, conditionally...
Jul 18 2011 // A Michigan jury has awarded $535,000 to a white former Flint teacher who claimed he was illegally fired for a racial comment.Lawyers for Craig Hecht (Heck) were able to show jurors that black staff members at Linden...
Jul 14 2011 // A suburban Detroit woman is suing a Washington state man for more than $8,000 in damages after a failed Facebook romance.Fifty-year-old Cheryl Gray of Livonia filed the civil lawsuit in May against 35-year-old Wylie Iwan...
Jul 13 2011 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member-owned reciprocal insurer, has expanded to offer property and casualty insurance coverage to owners of high-value homes in Michigan. Benefits include $50,000 of...
Jul 12 2011 // Closing the federal flood insurance program would put millions of homeowners at risk and cost taxpayers billions of dollars, insurers are warning after a Republican lawmaker filed legislation to eliminate the federal...
Jul 4 2011 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Edmund F. Kelly retired from active management of the company on June 28, 2011. David H. Long replaced Kelly as president and CEO. Kelly will continue to serve as chairman of the board of...
Jul 1 2011 // Volunteers can help the Michigan Department of Natural Resources with more activities such as improving wildlife habitat, preserving wetlands and grooming trails under a bill Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law.Under the new...
Jun 30 2011 // A proposal to allow some motorcycle riders to go without a helmet has been approved by the Michigan Senate.The measure approved this week by a 24-14 vote would allow riders 21 or older to go helmetless if they have been...
Jun 23 2011 // Authorities in Flint, Michigan have arrested a suspect in five of what are believed to be nine arson fires that broke out overnight in an eastside neighborhood, the city announced.Three firefighters were treated for heat...
Jun 21 2011 // Michigan-based Hastings Mutual Insurance Co. committed $100,000 over four years towards an endowed scholarship fund for Olivet College insurance students. To date, $75,000 has been contributed to the fund with the...
Jun 21 2011 // The Michigan Supreme Court wants to know more about a Macomb County case in which a woman successfully sued her insurance company after breaking her ankle outside her parked truck. The court might consider whether it was...
Jun 20 2011 // The owner of an Ann Arbor self storage business has been cleared of liability in the death of a customer who accidentally locked himself in a car trunk. The Michigan appeals court in early June overturned a decision by a...