Huntington Woods Heads to Michigan Supreme Court
The state's top court will decide whether to take up the city's long legal fight against engineering firm Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. over work done on Coolidge Highway.
Huntington Woods recently decided to ask the Michigan Supreme Court to consider a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling that reversed a $700,000 jury award in the city's lawsuit against engineering firm Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. over work done on Coolidge Highway. The action was approved unanimously and with little fanfare during a City Commission meeting July 17; the state's top court will decide within 60 to 90 days of receiving the request whether to hear the case, City Manager Alex Allie said. Attorney Burton Shifman of Farmington Hills-based Shifman & Carlson. P.C., which is handling the case for Huntington Woods, said what will happen next is unkown. "Do we think there's a good basis for it? Yeah," Shifman said. "I think the Court …
