Carolyn Muyskens

Students at Michigan State University and four other public universities are not entitled to tuition refunds for the portion of the spring 2020 semester when campuses shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Michigan appellate panel said Wednesday.

A deaf patient has resolved claims that Detroit's Henry Ford Health System discriminated against her when the hospital failed to provide her with American Sign Language interpreters, according to a Monday order.

A woman suing Jet's Pizza told the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday that she should be able to continue suing the pizza franchise after settling with the delivery driver who rear-ended her, pushing the justices to cast aside what she described as an antiquated rule that extinguished her claims.

A woman suing Jet's Pizza told the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday that she should be able to continue suing the pizza franchise after settling with the delivery driver who rear-ended her, pushing the justices to cast aside what she described as an antiquated rule that extinguished her claims.

Michigan State University said it's immune from claims that it used a trivia quiz containing a question about Adolf Hitler without the creator's permission during a sold-out rivalry football game, which sparked negative publicity for the creator and his company.

A Michigan Supreme Court ruling enforcing a notice requirement for lawsuits filed against the state government does not apply retroactively to cases filed in the last few years because it "reflected a 180-degree change in the law," a Michigan Court of Appeals panel said Wednesday. 

The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday cast aside a ruling that invalidated a public health law used during the COVID-19 pandemic to curb gatherings and close restaurants, saying the issue is moot because orders issued under the law expired years ago.

IBM disputed a white former consultant's claim that the company fired him to fulfill diversity targets in a court filing Wednesday, saying the worker's allegations that the company has racial and gender-based hiring quotas are unsupported. 

IBM disputed a white former consultant's claim that the company fired him to fulfill diversity targets in a court filing Wednesday, saying the worker's allegations that the company has racial and gender-based hiring quotas are unsupported. 

A trade group representing Michigan insurers said an appellate court ruling in a medical provider's suit over nonpayment of auto insurance benefits could encourage gamesmanship in no-fault insurance litigation, in a friend-of-the-court brief filed on Tuesday with the state's top court.