Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Michigan

A summary disposition hearing is a hearing in front of the presiding judge to determine whether or not to dismiss your case, forever. Essentially, the other side is claiming that there are no issues for a jury to consider, the potential outcome is so obviously in favor of the other side, there are absolutely no issues to be decided by a jury. If a judge was considering the dismissal of my case, I would want to be there and see what the other side is saying, what my lawyer is presenting, and hear the judge's decision and reasoning for it. You are not required to be there, but I think you should want to be there.

The client usually does not attend motion hearings in civil cases. www.kliszlaw.com Tim Klisz

It is very rare that a client attends motion hearings with an attorney. A large reason that people an attorney is for the client to avoid going to court for every single proceeding that occurs. However, a good attorney will keep you informed and let you know what is going on so you can make a choice of whether to attend or not.

I'd attend. It'll save the attorney the time it would take to explain the outcome to you. We charge for our time.