The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s findings of liability, fraudulent intent, and treble damages with regard to claims based on failure to disclose accurate mileage, but vacated its attorney fee award and remanded for reconsideration under the proper legal framework as articulated in Pirgu v United Serv Auto Ass’n, 499 Mich 269 (2016).

The trial court properly awarded case-evaluation sanctions under now-eliminated Michigan Court Rule 2.403(O) because it “had discretion to apply the former court rule” under Michigan Court Rule 1.102 “and did not abuse that discretion,” the Michigan Supreme Court has held.

A probate court’s order awarding an attorney his fees from a decedent’s estate must be reversed because the Department of Health and Human Services’ claim for fees under the Michigan Medicaid Estate Recovery Program has higher priority.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that attorney fees incurred to correct or limit damages caused by legal malpractice are recoverable in a malpractice action, even without allegations of fraudulent or malicious conduct.

The trial court erred in awarding Petitioner attorney fees associated with Respondent’s PPO violation. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded.

This custody and parenting-time case must be remanded because the trial court once again committed various errors in making its decisions.

The trial court in this divorce action failed – for the second time – to make the required findings on certain spousal support factors.

The Court of Appeals finds the framework for calculating reasonable attorney fees under the Supreme Court’s holdings in Smith/Pirgu applies to sanctions under MCR 1.109

The trial court in this divorce action properly awarded attorney fees to the plaintiff ex-wife because the defendant ex-husband “engaged in misconduct”.

An attorney fee award in this divorce action must be vacated, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled, because the trial court did not make a finding as to whether the requested fee was reasonable.

Reasonable attorney fees shall be awarded where a party substantially prevails in obtaining everything that was initially sought in a FOIA action, and pro bono representation is not a factor.

The trial court’s denial of attorney fees in this divorce action was not “outside the range of reasonable and principled outcomes,” the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The order reducing the plaintiff’s spousal support obligation to the defendant by several thousand dollars each month must be vacated the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The trial court should have completed an evidentiary hearing before ordering a retroactive modification of the plaintiff’s child-support obligation, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

A trial court properly awarded the plaintiff-attorney more than $78,000 in legal fees for representing herself and her law firm in litigation with a former client.

A trial court erred by granting a father sole legal custody of the parties’ minor children, because the evidence showed the parties were able to cooperate and make important decisions.

The plaintiff’s appeal is limited to that portion of the trial court’s order denying her request for attorney fees as a sanction, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

A referring attorney must have an attorney-client relationship with the individual being referred in order for a fee-splitting agreement to be valid.