Brooks v. Mammo

By order of our Supreme Court in Brooks v Mammo, 463 Mich 852 (2000), defendants appeal as on leave granted. After a jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $50,000, the district court entered a judgment in the amount of $17,985, reflecting the $10,000 jurisdictional limit provided by MCL 600.8301, plus costs and interest. The district court denied plaintiffs motion for attorney fees as mediation sanctions. On appeal, the circuit court reversed the district court’s finding that the amount of the judgment was limited by MCL 600.8301 and that mediation sanctions were not…