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#1 Michigan Jury Awards $12M to Woman Fired for Refusing to Get COVID Vaccine

Nov 12 2024 // DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive...

#2 Michigan to Pay $13M After Shooter Drill Terrified Children’s Hospital

Nov 18 2024 // A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them to scramble for...

#3 Michigan Culver’s Restaurants Sued for Discriminating Against Transgender Employee

Oct 29 2024 // Five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they fired a transgender employee and three of his colleagues after they complained about harassment, the U.S. Equal...

#4 Trucker Crashes Into Stopped Traffic in Michigan, Killing 4

Nov 5 2024 // WEBBERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A section of Interstate 96 in southeast Michigan remained closed Sunday after a semitruck crashed into more than a dozen vehicles overnight, killing 4 people and injuring 17 others, according to...

#5 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Michigan’s Peabody

Nov 5 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Fenton, Michigan-based Peabody Insurance Agency, Inc. (Peabody Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Peabody Insurance is a retail insurance...

#6 Michigan Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Police in 2020 Custody Death Lawsuit

Nov 15 2024 // The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of police and dismissed a lawsuit alleging negligence in the 2020 death of a woman who was in custody in suburban Detroit.There wasn’t enough evidence to let a jury...

#7 A-G Specialty Acquires Michigan’s First Agency TPA

Nov 20 2024 // A-G Specialty announced the acquisition of First Agency TPA, A Gallagher Company. First Agency TPA specializes in student and athletic accident coverage at both the interscholastic and intercollegiate levels, as well as...

#8 AM Best Withdraws Credit Rating of Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of Michigan

Nov 4 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term ICR of ‘b+’...