Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Train Derailment Sends Several Rail Cars Off Tracks
Sep 30 2022 // A train derailment sent a dozen rail cars off the tracks Thursday morning near Detroit, snarling traffic while emergency responders assessed the damage, officials said. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said 12 of the train’s...
Michigan Farmer to Pay $1.2 Million Settlement Over Crop Insurance Fraud
Sep 28 2022 // Gaylord D. Lincoln and G. Lincoln Farms, LLC, located in Springport, Michigan, have agreed to pay $1,200,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for...
Michigan Dept. of Insurance to Hold Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention Event
Sep 26 2022 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is partnering with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the Lansing Police Department (LPD), and Shaheen Chevrolet to offer motorists a free...
Michigan Property Owners, 3M Settle PFAS Case for $54 Million
Sep 23 2022 // A judge has given tentative approval to a $54 million settlement involving 3M Co., a shoe manufacturer and property owners in western Michigan who said their land and wells were contaminated by toxic “forever...
Michigan Veteran Gets Five Years for Fraud over Faked Injuries
Sep 22 2022 // A Michigan veteran has been sentenced to five years in prison after investigators who followed him discovered he had faked injuries that allowed him to claim more than $260,000 in federal benefits. Joseph Gray, 53, of...
Judge OKs Fund for University of Michigan Doctor’s Victims
Sep 19 2022 // A judge on Friday signed off on a fund for more than 1,000 people who said they were sexually assaulted by a University of Michigan doctor, an order that allows victims to start collecting a portion of a $490 million...
Safety Case Reopened in Michigan Amish Farm Death
Sep 19 2022 // A mid-Michigan organic dairy farm is fighting state safety regulators, five years after a 19-year-old family member was fatally electrocuted while removing a metal pole from a grain bin. The dispute involves the...
Investigators: Pilot Error, Overloading Caused Michigan Plane Crash That Killed 5
Sep 12 2022 // Federal investigators blame pilot error and an overloaded aircraft for a 2019 plane crash near a Michigan airport that killed five Indiana men and seriously injured a sixth person aboard. The National Transportation Safety...
Michigan Diesel Company Fined $10 Million Over Clean Air Act Violations
Sep 2 2022 // On Aug. 29, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan awarded a default judgment, granting the proposed $10 million civil penalty against Diesel Ops LLC and Orion Diesel LLC of Waterford, Michigan. The...
Michigan Agency Wins Appeal, Safety Case Reopened in Amish Farm Death
Sep 1 2022 // A mid-Michigan organic dairy farm is fighting state safety regulators, five years after a 19-year-old family member was fatally electrocuted while removing a metal pole from a grain bin. The dispute involves the...
Severe Storms Blamed in 3 Deaths in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas
Aug 31 2022 // Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the deaths of three people, including two children in Michigan and Arkansas as well as a woman...
Michigan Court: Changes to Auto Insurance Law Don’t Apply to Long-Term Victims
Aug 26 2022 // Major changes in Michigan car insurance law do not apply to people who were severely injured before summer 2019, the state appeals court said Thursday, a victory for long-term victims of motor vehicle crashes and their...
Michigan-Based Salvation Army Store Sued for Violating ADA
Aug 26 2022 // Global charitable organization The Salvation Army violated federal law at its Ann Arbor, Michigan thrift store when it fired a cashier because of his mental and physical disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Highstreet Acquires Michigan’s Paragon Underwriters
Aug 25 2022 // Highstreet Insurance Partners has acquired Michigan-based Paragon Underwriters. Paragon Underwriters is a program manager that focuses exclusively on attorneys and law firms. Highstreet. has now completed 125 transactions...
4 Michigan Counties Under State of Emergency After Main Break
Aug 17 2022 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for four southeastern Michigan counties following a water main break that led to a boil-water advisory for several communities. Whitmer issued the emergency...
Family of Michigan Woman Killed by Exploding Air Bag Sues GM, Others
Aug 15 2022 // The family of a Michigan woman who was killed after an air bag module exploded in her SUV following a crash filed a lawsuit alleging negligence. The complaint was filed last Thursday in Houghton County Circuit Court and...
Michigan Supreme Court: Anti-Bias Law Protects LGBTQ
Aug 1 2022 // The Michigan Supreme Court last week said the state’s anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation, a victory for LGBTQ residents. The court, in a 5-2 opinion, said the word “sex” in Michigan’s...
Michigan Jury Gets Flint Water Case About Liability for Engineers
Jul 27 2022 // Jurors heard closing arguments last week in the only trial to arise thus far from the Flint water crisis, a dispute over whether two engineering firms should be held partially responsible for the city’s lead...
Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Company
Jul 26 2022 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services issued a cease and desist order against Salvasen Health for allegedly acting in violation of the Michigan Insurance Code. Salvasen Health is accused of selling...
Michigan Utility Denies Flooding Claims from 2021 Storm
Jul 21 2022 // A Detroit-area water utility said Tuesday that it will deny flooding claims stemming from a damaging storm last summer based on an independent review that found the flooding was caused by the amount of rainfall and not a...
