Incumbent Chief Justice Clifford Taylor of the Michigan Supreme Court conceded defeat to his challenger, Democratic nominee Diane Hathaway. Hathaway's win signals a major shake-up, reducing a 5-2 Republican majority to 4-3 on the state's highest court, where one of the Republican-nominated justices, Elizabeth Weaver, has been a frequent dissenter from majority opinions. Taylor is the first sitting Supreme Court justice to lose his seat since Republican nominee Dorothy Comstock Riley ousted Thomas Giles Kavanagh in 1984. He is the first sitting chief justice defeated at the polls since statehood.
Since Cliff Taylor has been on the Court, the Republican dominated court has frequently trounced on individual's rights in favor of big business and insurance companies. The Court has made it much more difficult for injured victims to collect for injuries suffered in car accidents, slip and falls and from medical malpractice.
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