The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office charged state Sen. Virgil Smith with four crimes in connection with a shooting incident about 1 a.m. Sunday at the 35-year-old’s Detroit home.
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Attorney for Sen. Virgil Smith calls his ex-wife the obvious aggressor
A little help, please …
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to define certain terms in the Video Rental Privacy Act, to help the appeals court decide whether to certify a class-action lawsuit against an Internet-based music provider.
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18 St. Louis-area moms seek decades-old hospital records amid baby-selling probe
Eighteen women suspect a long-shuttered St. Louis hospital sold their babies decades ago after telling them their newborns had died, and on Monday sought the help of a St. Louis attorney who represents a woman who was reunited with her 49-year-old child last month.
School board member's racially-charged Facebook post prompts cultural training
An Ypsilanti Community School board member made comments about the new U.S. Attorney General that prompted the school board to move forward with cultural proficiency training.
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Jury must decide if attorney negligently represented client
The Michigan Court of Appeals has reinstated a client’s legal-malpractice claim, saying the jury must determine whether the lawyer gave the client appropriate advice about the effect of a settlement on workers’ compensation benefits.
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Governmental Immunity – Dissent would find insurer was city’s agent for sidewalk injury suit
From the dissent: Not only would an attorney likely infer that the insurer was acting as defendant’s agent, but a serious ethical concern arises here.
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Judges, past and present, gather for Court of Appeals golden anniversary
Current and former judges, as well as the legal community, celebrated 50 years of the appeals court at a special session on April 30.
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Sanctions proper, but vacated for no details of how calculated
Even though the plaintiff was properly sanctioned for asserting a frivolous argument, the award must be vacated because the trial court did not explain how it calculated the attorney’s fees that were included, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.
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Did that lawyer really do that?
Judges at a Women Lawyers Association of Michigan panel were all too willing to talk about attorney courtroom practices that rile them up — from citing improper case law for attorney’s fees to letting a client represent himself at an arraignment.
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Professional Responsibility – Effective of settlement on workers’ compensation benefits disputed
A plaintiff can get to the jury on her claim that her attorney negligently advised her regarding the effect of her no-fault settlement would have on her receipt of workers’ compensation benefits.
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