Reaction to the ‘McCormick’ decision
“It will have a dramatic effect on the insurance industry, and it wouldn’t surprise me if some of the smaller carriers doing business in Michigan decide to leave the state. “And it may become an issue...
View ArticleA brief history of ‘serious impairment’
Ever since it adopted a no-fault insurance system in 1973, Michigan’s judicial system has encountered conflicts in providing a clear definition of the appropriate threshold level when it comes to...
View Article‘Kreiner’ overturned
The controversial Kreiner v. Fischer durational threshold requirement is no more. The 4-3 Supreme Court majority in McCormick v. Carrier (Lawyers Weekly No. 06-73760, 113 pages) held that Kreiner...
View ArticleMSC restores balance to no-fault, stability to Michigan law in ‘McCormick’
To the Editor: On July 31, 2010, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a series of end-of-term opinions that included the long-awaited decision in the McCormick v. Carrier. The decision recognizes that...
View ArticleVery few would agree with MDTC president’s assessment on ‘McCormick’
To the Editor: As the immediate past chair of the Negligence Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, I read with both bemusement and disappointment the comments of Lori A. Ittner, the current...
View ArticleNo-Fault ‘reform’ bills would be legislative whiplash for drivers
Michigan drivers have the best insurance system in the country, but some lawmakers in the Michigan Legislature want to dismantle that system – so insurance companies can reap even bigger profits....
View ArticleReconsideration Denied
Wiedyk v. Poisson. (Lawyers Weekly No. 06-76108 – 7 pages) On order of the Court, the motion for reconsideration of this Court’s December 1, 2010 order is considered, and it is DENIED, because it does...
View ArticleLeave Denied
Brown v. Blouir. (Lawyers Weekly No. 06-76106 – 7 pages) On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 14, 2010 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is...
View Article‘McCormick’ survives, for now
When the Michigan Supreme Court’s balance of power shifted again in January, many attorneys expected that reconsidering Summer 2010’s McCormick v. Carrier decision would be among the new court’s first...
View ArticleThis Week in History:Sept. 29, 1997
On Sept. 29, 1997, Clifford W. Taylor was sworn in as the 100th justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Taylor was appointed by then-Gov. John Engler to replace the retiring Justice Dorothy Comstock...
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