And In Other News
By Doug Chalgian on April 25, 2020
Let’s take a break from COVID things and look at a new published opinion out of Marquette and an unpublished opinion from Mt. Clemens. Getting Greiff over Erwin...
Prolonged Fees Fight Offers Lessons and Concerns
By Doug Chalgian on August 29, 2017
Cases about legal fees are always curious, and who pays whose legal fees is almost always an issue in probate litigation. This new unpublished Court of Appeals opinion...
Playing the Sanctions Game in Probate Court
By Doug Chalgian on February 19, 2017
The Court of Appeals recently issued an unpublished opinion in three combined appeals all relating to the Estate of Robert Winfield Cederquist (click here to read the opinion). ...
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