Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan AG Asks State High Court to Extend Anti-Discrimination Law to Gays And Lesbians
Mar 4 2022 // Michigan’s attorney general on March 2 asked the state Supreme Court to overturn key decisions and extend the state’s anti-discrimination law to gays and lesbians. People who claim discrimination on the basis...
Michigan School Accused of Retaliation Against Parent Settles Case
Mar 3 2022 // A suburban Detroit parent who claimed she lost her job for criticizing COVID-19 policies in local schools has reached a tentative deal to settle a lawsuit against the district, a lawyer said March 1. Controversy over how...
7th Circuit: Liberty Must Defend USA Gymnastics in Nassar Lawsuits; Coverage May Be Limited
Mar 2 2022 // Larry Nassar is accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of girls and young women while working with USA Gymnastics, resulting in his criminal conviction and hundreds of lawsuits that forced the organization into...
High Street Acquires Michigan’s The Craft Agency
Feb 23 2022 // High Street Insurance Partners has acquired The Craft Agency in Jackson, Michigan. The Craft Agency has been serving their clients for 100 years and provides comprehensive personal lines, commercial and life insurance...
Equipment Failure Sends Raw Sewage Into Michigan’s Flint River
Feb 23 2022 // Officials have issued a health advisory for the Flint area after equipment failed at a municipal pumping station, sending an unknown amount of raw sewage into the Flint River. Genesee County Health Department officials...
Indiana Steel Mill to Pay $3 Million, Improve Waste System
Feb 16 2022 // A steel company has agreed to pay $3 million and improve the wastewater system at an Indiana mill, more than two years after a discharge of ammonia and toxic chemicals killed fish and closed beaches, the federal government...
Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Trial Will Test Contractors’ Liability
Feb 15 2022 // Jury selection starts Feb. 15 in a trial to determine if engineering contractors bear responsibility for lead-contaminated water in Flint. Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, known as LAN, were not...
Program in Michigan Targeting Basement Flooding from Storms
Feb 14 2022 // Detroit is starting a program to reduce chronic basement flooding during intense storms. The program initially will target two neighborhoods and later expand to others, Mayor Mike Duggan said. The strategy follows major...
Judge Awards $40 Million to Lawyers in Flint, Michigan Water Settlement
Feb 8 2022 // A judge awarded about $40 million to the lead attorneys in a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and property owners whose water was contaminated with lead, but millions in additional legal fees will also be carved...
Michigan Fire Deaths Rose 144% in January
Feb 7 2022 // Michigan’s fire-related deaths rose significantly in January as the state began 2022 with 144% more deadly fires than it saw during the same month last year, officials said. Michigan’s Bureau of Fire Services...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2022 // National Marsh McLennan, Affinity Agency Association Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of...
Declarations
Feb 7 2022 // PG&E Probation “In these five years, PG&E has gone on a crime spree and will emerge from probation as a continuing menace to California.” — U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the utility...
AM Best Assigns Michigan’s Universal & Fire Casualty Excellent Rating
Feb 2 2022 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, headquartered in Waterford,...
Former U. of Michigan Students’ Lawsuit Accuses Ex-Professor of Sexual Misconduct
Feb 2 2022 // Students of a former University of Michigan lecturer recounted stories of alleged sexual assault, psychological torture and university negligence Monday before filing a lawsuit against the professor and the school. On a...
Michigan Farm’s Beef Found to Contain Toxic Chemicals
Feb 1 2022 // Beef produced at a small Michigan farm was found to contain toxic “forever chemicals” after the cattle were fed crops grown with fertilizer made from contaminated wastewater biosolids, state officials said Jan....
New Lawsuit Alleges Negligence by Michigan School in Mass Shooting
Jan 28 2022 // A new lawsuit alleging negligence by school officials and a Michigan school shooting suspect’s parents was filed Thursday over the attack at Oxford High School that killed four students and wounded six other students...
Michigan Woman Sentenced For Committing $15,000 in Auto Insurance Fraud
Jan 28 2022 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox announced that a Michigan resident who pled guilty to auto insurance fraud has been sentenced to...
Alera Group Acquires Gales Agency in Michigan
Jan 27 2022 // Alera Group has acquired Gales Agency,Inc., an independent insurance agency providing a full line of insurance products including home, business, auto and life insurance policies to protect families. Gales Agency, Inc.,...
Abuse Victims View Settlement Payouts as Unequal at Two Michigan Schools
Jan 26 2022 // Two former University of Michigan football stars who stand to receive as much as $500,000 each through the school’s sexual abuse settlement with more than 1,000 students say the per-victim payouts should be much...
Victims of U. of Michigan Doctor Could Sue School Under New Bill
Jan 24 2022 // More than 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window in which they could sue the school for damages under new bills the Legislature will consider. It is the second time since...
