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Attorney Ven Johnson speaks on Jennifer Crumbley’s trial
Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the Oxford High School shooter, testified Thursday on the sixth day of her trial. Attorney Ven Johnson, who represents victims’ families, joined CBS News Detroit to weigh in on the trial.

Jury selection to begin for mother of Michigan school shooter
The mother of a teenager who committed a school shooting in Michigan is headed to trial in a case that marks the first time parents of a school shooter have faced criminal charges in a school shooting.

Oxford files suit against their insurance company
The Oxford school district is suing its insurance company over potential payouts for injuries claimed among nine lawsuits stemming from the November 2021 shooting at the high school.

MSU releases settlement amounts with families of 3 students killed in mass shooting
Michigan State University negotiated a $15 million settlement with the families of the three students killed on Feb. 13, according to records obtained through a public records request to the university.

2023 in review: Oxford closes a chapter, but legal battles continue
Case number 2022-279506-FC, the people v. Ethan Robert Crumbley, has closed, but there will never be total closure after the events of Nov. 30, 2021.

Michigan Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in Midland Dam Failure Case, Lawsuit Proceeds
Michigan Supreme Court justices are denying the latest appeal dealing with the Midland County dam failures in 2020.

Michigan Justices Won’t Hear State’s Dam Collapse Appeal
The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday declined to free the state from responsibility for flood damage after the Edenville Dam collapsed in 2020.

Attorney to use 'Nassar bills' to argue sexual abuse case to Michigan Supreme Court
An attorney is set to use the “Nassar bills” to argue why the Michigan legislature’s 2018 amendment to the statute of limitations should allow his client to sue the Catholic Diocese of Lansing for sexual assault.

Michigan Supreme Court to establish legal precedent in Diocese of Lansing sexual assault appeal case
Brian McLain says he was sexually abused as a minor in 1999 by a Roman Catholic priest, Father Richard Lobert, while at the W.J. Maxey Boys Training School in Whitmore Lake.