Well-Known Detroit Lawyer Accused Of Insurance Bribery Conspiracy

Detroit Police officers funneled unofficial accident reports to personal injury lawyer Mike Morse during a scheme that cheated State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. out of at least $1 million, the insurer alleges. Federal court records describe a scheme involving a stream of police reports flowing to Morse and his Southfield law firm from bribed police officers and a middleman using the alias "Lou."
The allegations, aired in a civil lawsuit filed by State Farm, provide new details about the scheme’s inner workings. State Farm leveled the allegations Oct. 17, five days after a lawyer said the FBI and a federal grand jury are investigating a bribery conspiracy involving Morse’s firm.