Laptop spoliation results in criminal contempt finding
DETROIT, MI - A defendant in a trade secret dispute has been held in default and in criminal contempt of court for deliberately disobeying a court order by causing his laptop ...More

Woman suffers multiple lower body injuries after outside railing collapses
DETROIT, MI - This premises liability action arises from the collapse of a deteriorated exterior railing at the home that the plaintiff was renting from the defendants. The railing’s ...More

Commercial – Unjust enrichment – Hemp products
DETROIT, MI - Where hemp products supplied by a plaintiff failed to pass testing, the defendant is entitled to summary disposition on the plaintiff’s claim of unjust enrichment. “In ...More

Contract – Unjust enrichment – Conversion
DETROIT, MI - Where defendants have moved for summary disposition, that motion should be allowed in part and denied in part, as the plaintiff has failed to state a claim for ...More

Commercial – Receiver – Assignment of Rents Act
DETROIT, MI - Where a plaintiff bank has requested the appointment of a receiver, that request should be granted under the Assignment of Rents Act. “On September 23, 2025, ...More

Civil Practice – Reconsideration – Conversion
DETROIT, MI - Where a conversion claim was dismissed as untimely, the plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration should be denied despite his argument that the period of limitations ...More

Civil Practice – Discovery – Podcasts
DETROIT, MI - Where defendants have moved to compel production of the plaintiffs' podcasts and corporate tax returns, the motion should be allowed as to the podcasts but denied ...More