Contract—Settlement—Seven-day inspection window
Where plaintiff brought suit to enforce a settlement agreement over the installation of doors and windows, a judgment in favor of plaintiff should be upheld despite the defendants’ argument that the...
View ArticleContract—Commissions—Sales
Where a defendant has filed a motion for summary disposition seeking dismissal of a complaint’s Michigan Sales Representative Commission Act claim, that motion must be denied as premature. The post...
View ArticleContract — Personal guaranty — Silent fraud
Where a plaintiff investor has challenged the validity of a personal guaranty she executed, the trial court in the instant case did not err by dismissing the plaintiff’s claim of silent fraud due to...
View ArticleContract — Purchase orders – Preliminary injunction
Where a plaintiff has moved for a preliminary injunction to require a defendant to continue supplying a chemical compound pellet product, that motion should be denied because the plaintiff has failed...
View ArticleContract — Construction Lien Act
Where a plaintiff that provided work on a construction project has challenged an award of summary disposition in favor of the defendant landowner under the Construction Lien Act, that judgment should...
View ArticleContract — Home construction – Change orders
Where a plaintiff that constructed a home for the defendant has claimed breach of contract, the plaintiff is entitled to summary judgment on a claim of breach of contract, as the contract does not...
View ArticleContract — Construction lien – Foreclosure
Where a judge awarded $24,179.35 in damages in a dispute over payment for concrete improvements to a commercial property, the judgment should be affirmed despite the plaintiff’s contention that the...
View ArticleContract — First material breach – Subcontract
Where a plaintiff entered into a subcontract with a defendant general contractor to install conduit for fiberoptic cable, a judgment for the defendant following a bench trial should be affirmed despite...
View ArticleContract — Fraudulent inducement
Where a bench trial culminated in a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for breach of contract and fraud, that judgment should be affirmed because the claim of error raised by the defendants does not...
View ArticleEmployment — Contract – Termination
Where a jury returned a verdict in favor of a defendant employer, that verdict should be upheld despite the plaintiff employee’s argument that the defendant did not have the right to terminate him...
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