At a Glance

 Seminar set on workers comp/social security 

The Michigan Association for Justice will present its annual Workers Compensation/Social Security Disability Seminar on Friday, January 17 at the Westin Hotel in Southfield. 

The title of the seminar, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4:14 p.m., is “The 91% Solution: Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Case of the Missing Remedy & Dr. Watson Reminisces about When Workers Could be Socially Secure.” 

 Practitioners will provide guidance on the impact of Obamacare, the new administrative rules, the latest case law, overcoming MCAC bias and will look at remedies available to injured workers in other jurisdictions. 

Social Security experts will discuss the new DSM-V, developing proofs of mental impairments and changing technology in SS practice. 

Cost is  $155/$75 for members and $180 for non-members.

High court won’t hear appeal in state case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal over Michigan’s sore loser law that kept Gary Johnson from appearing as a Libertarian presidential candidate on the state ballot after running in the Republican primary.

The high court Monday refused to hear an appeal from Johnson and the Libertarian Party of Michigan.

Johnson in the 2012 presidential election ran as a GOP presidential candidate in the primary, and then tried to run as the Libertarian presidential nominee. State law says candidates who run in a primary must run as the party’s candidate in the general election or as an unaffiliated candidate.

Johnson said the law should not apply to presidential elections, but the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Michigan law.

 

Challenge over Grand Canyon dispute denied

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Nevada developer over the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
 
The high court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from lawyers for the late Las Vegas businessman David Jin. Jin invested $30 million to build the bridge that opened in 2007. He and the tribe have disagreed on management fees and an incomplete visitors’ center.

His lawyers say the Hualapai tribal court system lacks authority to hear the case. But tribal attorneys say the operation of the popular glass bridge in northern Arizona is governed by Hualapai law.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco sided with the tribe, and justices decided not to review that decision.
 

Action against homeless couple prompts lawsuit

 
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a small southeast Missouri town after police allegedly threatened to arrest a homeless couple for holding a sign asking for help.
 
The ACLU filed suit Monday on behalf of the homeless couple, Edward Gillespie and Brandalyn Orchard. The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau names the city of Miner and two unidentified police officers.

The lawsuit claims that in late September, Gillespie and Orchard were holding a sign that read, “Traveling. Anything helps. God bless.” A Miner officer told them to leave.

The ACLU says the officer later showed copies of city ordinances related to vagrancy, begging and loitering. A second officer arrived and the couple was told to leave town or face arrest.

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