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(1)Where officers during a traffic stop of a car that left the highway immediately after seeing a sign announcing a drug checkpoint observed that the passenger was nervous, was a prior drug offender and carried a large stack of cash ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Trafficking Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where a mortgage company that was a defendant in a class action suit over alleged mortgage act violations filed a motion for the trial court to interpret and enforce the parties’ settlement agreement, the trial court erred in granting the ...

Tagged with: civil practice class action jurisdiction Settlement Agreement

Where a wife in a dissolution appealed an order quashing a writ of garnishment against her ex-husband for maintenance, the appeal is dismissed because the order was not designated as a final judgment. Appeal is dismissed. Hamilton v. Hamilton (MLW ...

Tagged with: Appellate Practice Dissolution finality Judgment

(1)Where plaintiffs whose daughter was killed in an auto accident sued their insurer to collect under their own underinsured motorist policies after collecting from the tortfeasors, the provisions within the policies’ “Other Insurance” section are ambiguous when read together as ...

Tagged with: Insurance stacking Underinsured Motorist

Even though a husband involved in a dissolution failed to comply with discovery orders and was in arrears for temporary child support payments, the trial court abused its discretion in striking the husband’s pleadings, preventing him from presenting evidence and ...

Tagged with: Child Support Domestic Relations Sanctions

Where a probate court established guardianship over a couple’s children after an investigation found probable cause to believe that the father had inappropriate sexual contact with one of the daughters, the parents failed to challenge the guardianships at the time ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Guardianship jurisdiction

Where defendant testified that she knew her dog was sick for several months and did not contact a veterinarian despite the dog’s extreme weight loss and continued decline, the evidence supported a finding that the defendant knowingly failed to provide ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law Lesser-Included Offense Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where a pro se appellant filed a pleading seeking a new election and challenging a prohibition on write-in candidates, the brief was inadequate because it failed to include a concise jurisdictional statement, the statement of facts was argumentative and the ...

Tagged with: Appellate Practice Inadequate Brief Pro Se Appellant

Where a claimant of unemployment benefits failed to file her notice of appeal within 20 days of the date the decision of the commission became final, the notice was untimely and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Rodebaugh ...

Tagged with: Notice Of Appeal timeliness Unemployment Compensation

Where a claimant of unemployment benefits failed to file her notice of appeal within 20 days of the date the decision of the commission became final, the notice was untimely and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Lynn ...

Tagged with: Notice Of Appeal timeliness Unemployment Compensation

Where a claimant of unemployment benefits failed to file his notice of appeal within 20 days of the date the decision of the commission became final, the notice was untimely and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Magee ...

Tagged with: Notice Of Appeal timeliness Unemployment Compensation