{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2591","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2591","heading":"Frivolous civil action or defense to civil action; awarding costs and fees to prevailing party; definitions.","body":"Sec. 2591.\n\nUpon motion of any party, if a court finds that a civil action or defense to a civil action was frivolous, the court that conducts the civil action shall award to the prevailing party the costs and fees incurred by that party in connection with the civil action by assessing the costs and fees against the nonprevailing party and their attorney.\n\nThe amount of costs and fees awarded under this section shall include all reasonable costs actually incurred by the prevailing party and any costs allowed by law or by court rule, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees.\n\nAs used in this section:\n\n\"Frivolous\" means that at least 1 of the following conditions is met:\n\nThe party's primary purpose in initiating the action or asserting the defense was to harass, embarrass, or injure the prevailing party.\n\nThe party had no reasonable basis to believe that the facts underlying that party's legal position were in fact true.\n\nThe party's legal position was devoid of arguable legal merit.\n\n\"Prevailing party\" means a party who wins on the entire record.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-2591","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"150c19960446160b3b931a1adb05f03507e82fd9103975e631dc7261c9bd1413","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2582","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}