Michigan Supreme Court, 2006

The Court reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated dismissal of the plaintiff’s sexual-harassment action. It held that dismissal was within the trial court’s discretion after the plaintiff and her counsel repeatedly publicized excluded evidence despite a warning, and that the speech restriction did not violate the…

The Michigan Supreme Court held that offense variable 13 may count crimes only within a five-year period that includes the sentencing offense, so the trial court improperly scored the variable using crimes committed many years earlier.