Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Court Backs Emotional Damages in Home Loss Due to Oil
Aug 29 2011 // Four hundred gallons of heating oil in the basement? The Michigan appeals court says that’s distressing. The court has upheld a $100,000 verdict for a Clinton County woman whose home had to be demolished after oil...
Michigan Lets Drivers Renew Licenses Online Close to Expiration
Aug 25 2011 // A new state policy will let Michigan drivers renew their vehicle registrations online through their birthdays even if they do it close to the expiration. The Michigan Secretary of State’s office said it used to warn...
Michigan Hospital Gets Settlement from Utility Over Freezing Death
Aug 24 2011 // About $323,000 has been awarded to a hospital as part of a civil suit filed by the family of a 93-year-old Bay City man who froze to death after a power-limiting device was placed on his electricity meter because of unpaid...
Police Settle with Michigan Family of Boy Killed by Stun Gun
Aug 23 2011 // The family of a 15-year-old boy who died after a Bay City police officer used a stun gun on him in 2009 is getting a share of a $1 million settlement. The Bay City Times reported that U.S. District Court Judge Thomas L....
Tornado Causes Some Damage in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Aug 22 2011 // The first tornado to touch down on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this year caused some property damage in Ontonagon, but no reported injuries. The twister touched down Friday at a recreational vehicle park and...
Study: No Long-Term Health Effects of Michigan Spill
Aug 19 2011 // There are no long-term health effects of submerged oil from last year’s spill in southern Michigan’s Kalamazoo River, a new study from the state says. Results of the Michigan Department of Community Health...
Ratings Roundup: National Group, Fremont Michigan
Aug 17 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘E’ (Under Regulatory Supervision) from ‘D’ (Poor) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “rs” from “c” of...
Michigan Man Loses Bid to Have Insurer Pay for Stem Cell Surgery
Aug 15 2011 // A motorcycle wreck turned a Lenawee County man into a paraplegic. Desperate for any relief, he chose stem-cell surgery in Europe, a procedure that may have improved his health but left him with a $51,000 bill. Now, after...
Michigan-based Amerisure Mutual Honors Top Employees
Aug 4 2011 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. recently honored its top performing employees during its recent Champions Through Excellence event. The annual ceremony honors an elite group of employees who...
Michigan Supreme Court Rejects Bike Trail Injury Claim
Aug 3 2011 // The Michigan Supreme Court says the state has no obligation to maintain a northern Michigan trail, dismissing a lawsuit by a woman who sued after suffering serious back injuries when her off-road vehicle hit a partially...
Michigan Lawsuit Over Failed Facebook Romance Dismissed
Aug 3 2011 // A Michigan judge this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by a woman who sought more than $8,000 from a Washington man she met on Facebook after he called an end to their online romance. The judge said she had no jurisdiction...
Michigan Court Upholds House Demolition
Aug 1 2011 // The Michigan Supreme Court has granted Flint’s request to dismiss a lawsuit by a man who claims he wasn’t notified before his home was demolished. Lee Khan’s house was badly damaged by fire. He says he...
Michigan’s Great Northern Insurance Joins the ISU Network
Jul 28 2011 // Great Northern Insurance of Sterling Heights, Mich., has joined the ISU Network. Established in 2010, ISU Great Northern Insurance is owned by Jessica Nofar. ISU Great Northern represents Associated Food & Petroleum...
Michigan Group Seeks Supreme Court Review of Healthcare Law
Jul 28 2011 // A Michigan-based legal group Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to review and overturn a decision that found President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law constitutional. In the first of several appeals likely to...
Fremont Michigan Shareholders Approve Auto Club Merger
Jul 25 2011 // Shareholders of Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. have approved the previously announced merger agreement with Auto Club Insurance Association. Based upon the preliminary tally of shares voted at the special meeting of...
Michigan Court Dismisses Suit Over Tree Branch Death
Jul 25 2011 // The Michigan appeals court won’t hold a couple responsible for a tree branch that fell and killed a 45-year-old Kalamazoo man during high winds in June 2008. Joseph Clock’s estate sued Neal and Susan Kemp,...
Michigan Court Tosses Softball Injury Lawsuit
Jul 22 2011 // The Michigan appeals court has ruled in favor of a man who accidentally struck a young Muskegon County girl in the face with a softball during practice. Emily French lost at least four teeth and had her jaw wired shut...
Michigan Golf Course Sues DuPont Over Herbicide
Jul 19 2011 // DuPont was sued last Friday by a Michigan golf club that alleges its widely used Imprelis herbicide kills trees, reflecting a growing nationwide problem being investigated by a top U.S. regulator. Imprelis, conditionally...
Michigan Teacher Fired Over Racial Comments Awarded $535K
Jul 18 2011 // A Michigan jury has awarded $535,000 to a white former Flint teacher who claimed he was illegally fired for a racial comment. Lawyers for Craig Hecht (Heck) were able to show jurors that black staff members at Linden...
Michigan Woman Sues Man After Facebook Romance Fails
Jul 14 2011 // A suburban Detroit woman is suing a Washington state man for more than $8,000 in damages after a failed Facebook romance. Fifty-year-old Cheryl Gray of Livonia filed the civil lawsuit in May against 35-year-old Wylie Iwan...
