Michigan circuit courts have two principal vehicles for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) -- case evaluation and mediation. The former is evaluative, the latter facilitative. Case evaluators impose a settlement number on the parties; mediators help the parties select a number of their own. What process should come first?
Under MCR 2.410(A), all civil cases are “subject’ to alternative dispute resolution processes unless otherwise provided by statute or court rule. At any...
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