Lawsuits

A judge has refused to toss out a lawsuit that accuses the City of Muskegon of selling a developer property on Muskegon Lake without public comment on the matter first.In an opinion issued last Monday, Muskegon County Circuit Judge Kenneth Hoopes found that city officials had “elements of bad faith” surrounding the transfer of land to local real estate developer, Parkland Properties.

A Wayne County judge has dismissed a lawsuit preventing Michigan officials from disbursing a $81 million opioid settlement.

Flint’s fire chief told multiple media outlets he has been fired, just days before a lawsuit is expected to be filed claiming "gross negligence" in the deaths of two boys from a house fire in May.

The Michigan Court of Appeals will review a case on Tuesday between Traverse City and a resident on altering a public park to create what the city calls “FishPass.” Today, both sides are responding to the Michigan Attorney General weighing in on the case.

An attorney wants to include an Oxford High School security guard as a defendant in a civil case against the district, stemming from last year’s mass shooting there.

The November shooting at Oxford High School that killed four students was "both predictable and preventable," according to a lawsuit filed by one victim's mother this week.

A group of migrant farmworkers in Michigan have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court against a produce company operating in the state.

A Flint family filed lawsuits in federal and state courts Monday against the Michigan State Police for a raid on their home in April of 2021.

The Legislature is poised to send bills to Governor Gretchen Whitmer that would clear the way for Michigan to get its share of the national opioid lawsuit settlement.

A teenager is settling a lawsuit after alleging that Lansing Police violated her rights during a forcible arrest.