Janee Markey News Today

Jtravis@record-eagle.com

The Michigan Court of Appeals has granted the Ottawa County Board the right to appeal a lower courts ruling — in part — in a months-long lawsuit filed by the countys health officer.

A trial court made no error when it dismissed as a discovery sanction a counterclaim brought by two aviation companies, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel has held.

A woman’s claims of trespass and nuisance over a neighboring hospital’s use of its helipad were untimely, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel has held, affirming the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for the hospital.

Leave to appeal has been denied in a case where the Michigan Court of Appeals held that a plaintiff who filed a motion to amend his complaint to add new defendants tolled the applicable statute of limitations while the motion was pending.

A township was entitled to summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(7) after a man was injured when he fell into a manhole during his weekly trash collection, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel has held.

Arguments in a pair of cases concerning expert witness qualifications will be heard by the Michigan Supreme Court again. The parties have been directed to brief several issues.