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A trial court erred when it granted summary disposition to a defendant laundromat after a plaintiff slipped and fell on its tile floor, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel has held.

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 trial court erred when it failed to recognize that a factual dispute existed as to whether the plaintiff had insurance coverage at the time of his car accident, a panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled, reversing summary judgment and remanding.

An insurance company is not responsible for providing personal protection insurance, or PIP, benefits to a man who was injured in an accident while driving a vehicle belonging to his friend because it was not the insurer of the owner, registrant or operator of the vehicle involved in the accident, the Michigan Court of Appeals has held in an unpublished decision.

The decision leaves in place a lower court’s dismissal of charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder, but state lawyers could again file to appeal.

The trial court made no error when it denied a county road commission’s motion for summary disposition in a suit brought by a man who was injured when his truck collided with a county-owned grader in an intersection, a panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals has held.

A woman's slip and fall suit was timely filed because the statute of limitations was tolled by the Michigan Supreme Court’s administrative orders that excluded days during the COVID-19 state of emergency from the computation of time under MCR 1.108, the Michigan Court of Appeals has held.

A woman's slip and fall suit was timely filed because the statute of limitations was tolled by the Michigan Supreme Court’s administrative orders that excluded days during the COVID-19 state of emergency from the computation of time under MCR 1.108, the Michigan Court of Appeals has held.

The Michigan Supreme Court has granted leave in case where a trial court hit an attorney with joint and several sanctions for pursuing frivolous counterclaims and defenses.

A man who was severely injured when he fell through a hole in a floor while visiting a friend’s home that was under construction was a licensee, not an invitee, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel has ruled, affirming a grant of summary disposition for the defendant general contractor.