IN THE NEWS

A long day in a Kentwood courtroom ends with little to no outcome.

A fugitive task force considered Samuel Sterling a threat for violence before he was struck and killed by a police vehicle as he fled on foot.

A Michigan federal jury awarded more than $8.5 million in damages to a man who died of kidney cancer, finding that a doctor at a cancer clinic missed an opportunity to diagnose him.

A 2018 law that extends the time victims of child sexual abuse have to sue their abusers does not apply retroactively, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled this morning, closing the door on a lawsuit brought by a Wayne County man who said he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Legislature’s recent allowances for late disclosures of sexual abuse do not apply to victims who were abused prior to the passage of the law in 2018, including Brian McLain, who alleged he’d been abused a Catholic priest in 1999.

In a Kentwood courtroom on Monday, the next step in the criminal prosecution of a now retired Michigan State Police sergeant took place.

For nearly four decades, attorney Ven Johnson has devoted his career to fighting for the ‘little guy.’

We will no longer accept excuses. We demand justice and a future where we can live without fear of the next rainstorm.  PAUL DOHERTY, ATTORNEY It’s been three years since devastating floods swamped a large section of Wayne County.  For numerous reasons, I cannot forget the floods, and our community