The Michigan attorney general, when bringing lawsuits that contain one or more torts, must litigate them in the county where the alleged wrongdoing took place, the state Supreme Court said Monday.
A provision of state law that lays out how to determine where a tort lawsuit is heard must be used in such cases brought by the Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) at the expense of other venue-related provisions that give discretion on where to sue, Chief Justice Megan K. Cavanagh wrote.
Nessel’s interpretation “would require us to swap out the relevant statutory language, effectively rendering the mandatory provision ...