Earlier this week, in a case that attracted media attention, the Sixth Circuit unanimously affirmed a $13.2 million jury verdict in favor of David Ayers, who spent 12 years in prison based on a state-court murder conviction after detectives used a fellow inmate to extract statements from Ayers in violation of his Sixth Amendment right … Continue Reading
In Michigan First Credit Union v. CUMIS Insurance Society, Inc.pdf, Nos. 09-1925/1970 (6th Cir. May 24, 2011), the Sixth Circuit affirmed a $5 million + jury verdict arising from an insurer’s refusal to pay under a fidelity bond where the insured’s employees approved scores of bad loans in alleged “conscious disregard” of the insured’s policy. … Continue Reading
