Covid Case Delays Brew Spat Among Michigan Judges, Top Court (1)

Two conservative Michigan Court of Appeals judges are seeking broader support from their colleagues for a state high court precedent challenge that could alter the course of potentially hundreds of lawsuits filed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Michigan Supreme Court violated the state constitution when it loosened or suspended filing deadlines during the pandemic, Judges Mark T. Boonstra and James Robert Redford ruled Thursday.

In that decision, the judges took a rare step, calling for a panel of the state court of appeals judges to more broadly weigh in on whether the state Supreme Court had the authority to ...