DETROIT — The state of Michigan will pay about $200,000 in attorney fees and costs in relation to a lawsuit that toppled Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency powers more than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney signed off on a stipulated order Friday awarding the Mackinac Center for Public Policy attorney fees and costs more than a year and a half after the center represented medical providers and a patient suing the state over an executive order that required the facilities to delay nonessential services during the pandemic.
Maloney's order did not include the amount awarded, but the Mackinac Center said in a Monday statement that the total amounted to $200,000. The governor and Attorney General Dana Nessel continue to deny liability, the center said.
