Session: 2007-2008
Bill: SB0786
Sponsor: Kuipers, Wayne
Title: Small Claims Suits Recovery Limitation
Civil procedure; civil actions; limitation on recovery amount allowed in small claims suits; revise. Amends sec. 8401 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8401).
Positions:
State Bar of Michigan
Support in principle a modest increase based on inflation, calculated prospectively from the date the legislation takes effect, with an annual inflationary increase to be rounded and published once a year.
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