Swickard v. Wayne County Medical Examiner

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether an autopsy report and toxicology test results regarding the late Chief Judge of the 36th District Court, Longworth Quinn, Jr., are properly exempt from disclosure under the state’s Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq.; MSA 4.1801(1) et seq. We are further asked to determine whether the trial court erred in refusing defendant’s request for an evidentiary hearing. We hold that defendant was not justified under the foia in withholding the autopsy report and test results. We further hold that the lower court did not err in refusing…