Narrowing OV 7 After the 2015 Amendments: “Similarly Egregious” Conduct and an Intent-to-Heighten-Fear Requirement Highlighted in People v. Brownfield Introduction This commentary analyzes the...
Certification Is Not a Vehicle to Revisit Settled Law: Michigan Supreme Court Declines to Answer Federal Certified Question on the Medical-Malpractice Damages Cap Introduction This commentary...
Cumulative Conveyances Trigger Uncapping: Michigan Supreme Court Endorses Gross-Transfer Counting for Entity-Owned Property Under MCL 211.27a(6)(h) Introduction In Resort Properties Co-Operative v....
Policies Issued After June 11, 2019 Must Step Up to $250,000/$500,000 Bodily Injury Minimums After July 1, 2020: The Michigan Supreme Court’s Textual Re-Reading of MCL 500.3009 in Bonter v....
Michigan Narrows Election-Interference Statute to Intentional Falsehoods About Voting Requirements or Procedures; Denial of Leave Leaves “Vote-by-Mail” as a Covered Procedure Introduction This...
Refining Electoral Speech Crimes: The Michigan Supreme Court’s Narrow Construction of MCL 168.932(a) and Its Unsettled First-Amendment Boundaries 1. Introduction The consolidated matters of People of...
Within-Guidelines Sentences Are Not Inherently Reasonable: Welch, J., Urges Limits on Speculative Conduct and a Meaningful Proportionality Review in People v. McSorley Introduction In People of...
Posey Has Teeth: Substantive Unreasonableness and the Limits of the “Presumption of Proportionality” for Within-Guidelines Sentences – Comment on People of Michigan v. Troy Cameron McSorley 1....
McDuffie-Connor v. Neal: Post-Accident Mechanical Findings as Evidence & the Re-Empowered Role of the Fact-Finder in Michigan Negligence Litigation 1. Introduction In Estate of William Howard...
Embedded Objects as Sidewalk Defects: Kenneth Mann v. City of Detroit (Mich. 2025) Introduction In Kenneth Mann v. City of Detroit, the Michigan Supreme Court addressed whether a metal sign-post stub...
Executive Impoundment Triggers UBAA Accrual; Ordinance-Based Funding for Independent Counsel Is “Permitted by Law” Introduction In Macomb County Prosecutor v. Macomb County Executive, the Michigan...
“Law” Includes Local Ordinances: The Michigan Supreme Court’s Re-calibration of County Separation-of-Powers in Hackel v. Macomb County Board of Commissioners Introduction In Mark A. Hackel v. Macomb...
County Charter Ordinances as “Law” Authorizing Independent Counsel & the Trigger of the 60-Day UBAA Suit Period: An In-Depth Commentary on Macomb County Prosecutor v. Macomb County Executive (Mich....
Post‑Crash Equipment Evidence Can Defeat Summary Disposition; Spoliation Sanctions Require Explicit Findings on Materiality and Pre‑Suit Preservation Duty Introduction This commentary examines the...
Embedded Objects as “Defects in the Sidewalk”: Michigan Supreme Court Clarifies MCL 691.1402a in Mann v. City of Detroit Case: Kenneth Mann v. City of Detroit Court: Michigan Supreme Court Date: June...
Fraudulent Concealment by Unnecessary Surgery — A New Reading Emerge in Woodford v. Castro 1. Introduction This commentary analyses the Michigan Supreme Court’s order in Tracie Woodford v. Dan J....
No Separate Post-Treatment Concealment, No Tolling: Fraudulent-Concealment Tolling Narrowly Applied in Michigan Medical Malpractice After Woodford v. Castro Introduction This commentary analyzes the...
Discretion to Apply Former Court Rules Under MCR 1.102: Reinstating Case-Evaluation Sanctions Introduction In Giorgio Webster v. Dr. Jeffrey Osguthorpe, the Michigan Supreme Court addressed whether a...
Sherrill: Proper Burden Allocation in Plain-Error Review of Unpreserved Public-Trial Right Claims Introduction In People of the State of Michigan v. Allen Michael Sherrill (SC: 167769; May 16, 2025),...
Reaffirming Davis: Prosecutor Bears the Burden to Rebut Serious-Effect Presumption in Forfeited Public-Trial Claims Introduction In People of Michigan v. Allen Michael Sherrill, the Michigan Supreme...