A western Michigan man excluded from his wife’s insurance policy still is eligible for benefits in a drunken crash, thanks to a line of court decisions that covers joyriders from the same family. The state appeals court on Wednesday reluctantly …
Is soap scum in the shower an obvious hazard at a YMCA? The Michigan appeals court has overturned a $62,000 verdict and ordered a new trial in the case of a woman who fell and was hurt after rinsing her …
Michigan State Police say they’re participating in disaster response training that includes responding to a simulated earthquake. Police say the exercise was scheduled for Tuesday at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason, near Lansing. Several other agencies and the American …
Warren’s fire chief says an explosion that leveled a commercial laundry earlier this month in the Detroit suburb was caused by an open 2-inch gas line inside the business. Wilburt “Skip” McAdams tells the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit …
Marathon Pipe Line continues to investigate why its safety systems missed a pipeline failure that dumped 126,000 gallons of gasoline in mid-Michigan. And state environmental quality officials are reviewing the company’s plan for cleaning up the gas still in the …
Accident Fund Holdings Inc., based in Lansing, Mich., appointed Patrick J. Walsh as chief claims officer. Walsh recently joined Accident Fund Holdings’ executive team and is responsible for overall claims strategy and management of shared claims functions between the holding …
State Farm plans to close two dozen field offices in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan where 1,300 people work to save $8 million over the next five years. The Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington reports the insurance company said Monday some of …
A Dow Chemical employee died on Thursday after falling inside the company’s Midland, Michigan manufacturing complex, Dow said in a statement. Dow, the largest chemical maker in the United States, declined to release the man’s name until his family could …
The Applebee’s restaurant chain publicly apologized Wednesday after a 15-month-old boy was served alcohol mislabeled as apple juice when his family dined at one of its Detroit-area restaurants, but it questioned conflicting reports about the child’s blood alcohol level. The …
Flooding in parts of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula has closed some roadways and led to a state of emergency for Mecosta County. The emergency declaration came after storms Sunday and Monday that covered some roadways with water and washed out others. …