Author: Ashley Wahl On May 30, 2019, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the new No-Fault legislation into law. The law seeks to reduce insurance premiums by giving drivers the opportunity to choose various levels of No-Fault coverage. While reduced rates may seem alluring, they should not come at the expense of important No-Fault Benefits. Thus, drivers…
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By George Powell On May 3, 2019 Traverse City officially joined other local municipalities – including Acme and Fife Lake– in holding a “lottery” system to select applicants for operation of provisioning centers (dispensaries) within the city limits. Such systems have been met with contention among competing applicants, who have spent tens (if not hundreds)…
A Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson, P.L.C. attorney personally argued this case in front of the United States Supreme Court. The case involved a claim that a motion, filed one day later than required by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, should not have been a bar to the United States District court granting relief. In…
On March 19, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s order granting an injunction against the City of Lansing in a zoning dispute with a group operating a local provisioning center. The plaintiff, Gamut Group, owned and operated an unlicensed provisioning center in Lansing since 2011. In October of 2017, the city passed…
Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson, P.L.C., provided legal counsel for the $22,900,000 commercial paper transaction with a bank from Netherlands to finance a new ambulatory surgery center in Traverse City, Michigan. The ambulatory surgery center is a joint venture between Northern Michigan Surgery Center, consisting of approximately 26 physicians, and Munson Medical Center….
As temperatures increase so does foot traffic throughout the State. While a boom in local tourism is great for Michigan’s economy, it also means more vehicles on already busy streets. This poses an increased hazard for pedestrians as drivers often ignore pedestrians at crosswalks. Notably, pedestrian versus vehicle accidents are a serious issue in Michigan….
Traverse City, September 5, 2018 – Katie Sabo has joined Dingeman & Dancer PLC as a new attorney, practicing primarily in the areas of business law, real estate, estate planning, trust and probate administration. Sabo is originally from the Upper Peninsula, where she attended Lake Superior State University and graduated magna cum laude with…
On July 17, 2018, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a major medical marijuana decision in DeRuiter v Township of Byron, holding that Michigan municipalities cannot restrict the location of lawful activities—such as the growing or providing of medical marijuana—under the 2008 voter initiated Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (“MMMA”) to residential areas only. The Court…
