County reaches $12.5M deal with insurer over disastrous sinkhole
FRASER (AP) — Macomb County has reached a $12.5 million settlement over a sinkhole that ruined three homes and temporarily displaced 20 families during the 2016 holiday season, officials said Tuesday.
The money will be paid by an insurance company for three contractors whose mistakes caused the mess, said Candice Miller, the Macomb County public works commissioner.
The sinkhole in Fraser was approximately the size of a football field. Three homes were condemned, including two that were demolished.
Experts found that a sewer line cracked and eventually collapsed on Christmas Eve 2016 after a “tsunami of sewage” was released too rapidly into the system during a repair in 2014. The waste should have been released over hours but was let go in seven minutes.
It cost $75 million for a bypass and a new sewer pipe after the sinkhole, Miller said.
Supply chain management issues focus of ACC webinar
The Association of Corporate Counsel-Michigan Chapter (ACC-MI) and Warner Norcross + Judd LLP will present the second webinar in a three-part series titled “Managing Your Supply Chain During COVID-19” designed to inform in-house counsel on the important and specific issues facing businesses today.
The webinar will take place Thursday, Oct. 8, from noon to 1 p.m.
Warner partners Michael Brady and Homayune Ghaussi will provide an update on managing external relationships and supply chains after COVID-19.
To register for this free event, visit www.acc.com/chapters-networks/chapters/michigan and click on “events.”
New ethics guidance for judges covers gifts and social media
The State Bar of Michigan’s Judicial Ethics Committee recently issued guidance for sitting judges regarding gifts from attorneys and their conduct on social media.
The newest opinion says that a “judge, judge’s family member, or staff member may accept gifts that are considered ‘ordinary social hospitality’ but should not accept any other gifts from persons who may appear before the judge.”
The full opinion is availble online at www.michbar.org/opinions/ethics/numbered_opinions/JI-146.
Additionally, the committee also recently published a page of answers to frequently asked questions about judges’ use of social media.
The page covers guidance for sitting judges on how they can take part in social media while also following the Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct.
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