Beaubien et al v. Trivedi et al
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January 01, 2025
2025 Michigan Cases To Watch
Attorneys predict the new five-justice Democratic majority on the Michigan Supreme Court this year could put teeth into a once-strong consumer protection statute, continue to tweak the state's premises liability law and could take on a federally posed question of the constitutionality of medical malpractice caps.
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November 12, 2024
Judge Sends Malpractice Cap Question To Mich. High Court
A Michigan federal judge has certified questions to the state's Supreme Court asking if caps on noneconomic medical malpractice damages are constitutional, in a case in which a cancer patient's estate was awarded $8.6 million for a missed diagnosis.
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September 26, 2024
Winner Of $8.6M Suit Wants Mich. Justices' Take On Cap
The estate of a patient who won an $8.6 million medical malpractice verdict earlier this year is asking a Michigan federal court to certify a question to the state's Supreme Court to determine whether a statutory cap on noneconomic damages is constitutional.
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July 25, 2024
Mich. Jury Awards $8.5M For Missed Cancer Diagnosis
A Michigan federal jury awarded more than $8.5 million in damages Wednesday to a man who died of kidney cancer, finding that a doctor at a cancer clinic missed an opportunity to diagnose the cancer before it spread to his brain.