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Latest News in Michigan
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April 02, 2025
No-Fault Tolling Not Retroactive, Mich. Justices Say
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an element of no-fault reforms pausing the one-year rule for recovery of personal injury protection benefits until an insurer formally issues a denial is not retroactive, finding the Legislature didn't clearly add retroactive language and that applying the provision to preamendment claims would impose new obligations on insurers.
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April 02, 2025
Mich. Justices Say 18-Year-Old Lifers Must Be Resentenced
People in Michigan serving mandatory life sentences with no chance of parole for offenses they committed as 18-year-olds are entitled to resentencing because such punishments are unconstitutional, regardless of when they were sentenced, the state's highest court said Tuesday.
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April 02, 2025
Pipe Inspector's Pay Wasn't A Salary, 6th Circ. Rules
An employment agency didn't calculate a pipe inspector's pay on a salary basis but rather calculated his compensation daily, a split Sixth Circuit panel ruled, flipping a Tennessee federal court's decision deeming him overtime-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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April 02, 2025
6th Circ. Upholds Convictions In Whitmer Kidnap Plot
A panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions of two men for participating in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, rejecting several arguments challenging the sufficiency of the government's evidence and the trial judge's decisions.
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April 01, 2025
Trump Admin Layoffs 'Probably Broke Laws,' Judge Says
A Maryland federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration "probably broke the laws that regulate en masse terminations of government employees," ordering the federal government to reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were abruptly fired from their jobs in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
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