A recent victory for May 2020 flood victims on or near Wixom, Sanford, Smallwood and Secord lakes could be short-lived if the State of Michigan appeals the decision.
A recent victory for May 2020 flood victims on or near Wixom, Sanford, Smallwood and Secord lakes could be short-lived if the State of Michigan appeals the decision.
An attorney calls a federal judge’s order unusual after a ruling that says the arrest of a Saginaw man violated his constitutional rights and the city is not properly training its officers on probable cause.
Three years after the failure of two dams led to devastating flooding in Midland County, impacted residents are still waiting on lawsuits to pay off.
“Defend, deny and delay,” is how attorney Ven Johnson (center) describes the state of Michigan’s legal strategy to civil lawsuits tied to the May 2020 dam failures and floods in Gladwin and Midland counties. Johnson and his clients held a news conference at the site of the now-empty Sanford Lake.
An attorney representing central Michigan residents damaged by the 2020 dam failures accused state attorneys on Thursday of delaying court proceedings with “frivolous appeals.”
Photographs of four students —Hana St. Juliana, 14, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Tate Myre, 16 and Justin Shilling, 17 — sit among bouquets of flowers, teddy bears and other personal items left at the memorial site on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.