Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker and Lex Fori, PLLC File Michigan Appeals Briefs Under Administrative Order 2019-6

We have been preparing, formatting and filing our briefs in the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court under Administrative Order 2019-6, which allows us to use all the readability and formatting tools of Adobe to create fully interactive and e-friendly briefs. As a former Supreme Court law clerk and an insurance coverage counsel, Mr. Tucker understands the convenience of having a fully interactive document with all file contents and citations referenced and linked for quick review.

The ideal briefs and appendices (which we strive to create) will contain fully interactive table of contents and bookmarks, links to cases, links to the direct location (page and line) in the Appendix and/or accompanying attachments and indices and tables of contents that are fully interactive – meaning the reader can toggle back and forth to the references and have immediate confirmation and documentary support for our arguments and factual assertions, respectively. We can also use a larger, eye-friendly font, which is critical for those who must read brief after brief, day in and day out!

Here’s one we filed in the Court of Appeals last month (January 2020) in a constitutional and property law case in the Michigan Court of Appeals. Mitchell.Brief.on.Appeal.01.17.2020

Supreme Court to Address Court of Appeals Interpretation of “Unlawful Taking” of Motorcycle Under No-Fault Act, MCL 500.3113(a)

As I had predicted in August 2012, when the Court of Appeals issued its opinion in this case, the Supreme Court would likely have to further analyze the underlying issues regarding the meaning of an “unlawful taking” and therefore unauthorized use of a motorcycle or motor vehicle under Michigan’s No-Fault Act.  I wrote extensively on this issue in my amicus curiae brief for Insurance Institute of Michigan, see the post here (Progressive v. DeYoung Post) and then, in my post below, noted the remaining underlying issues have yet to be resolved concerning coverage under these circumstances.

See the Supreme Court’s Order here, issued yesterday:  Rambin Order

Read my prior post from August predicting this:  Supreme Court to Address Court of Appeals Interpretation of “Unlawful Taking” Under No-Fault Act MCL 500.3113(a)