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DTE Electric Company et al v. Toshiba America Energy Systems Corporation et al

  1. December 19, 2025

    Jury Awards DTE, Consumers Co. $394M In Power Plant Row

    A Michigan federal jury on Thursday awarded more than $394 million to Consumers Energy Company and DTE Electric Company in a dispute alleging a Toshiba Corp. subsidiary botched upgrades to a hydroelectric power plant.

  2. October 16, 2025

    Mich. Energy Cos. Say 12 Jurors Too Many In Hydro Plant Trial

    Michigan utility companies that allege a Toshiba unit botched a $500 million plant upgrade have told a federal judge that Toshiba's request for 12 jurors in an upcoming trial is unreasonable, but said they would work with the unit when it comes to setting time limits for the weekslong trial.

  3. October 02, 2025

    Toshiba Seeks Trial Time Limits In $500M Hydro Plant Case

    Toshiba Corp. urged a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday to set time limits for a trial over claims that one of its units botched a $500 million upgrade to a power plant owned by DTE Electric Co. and Consumers Energy, saying the complicated case is one that "cries out" for such constraints.

  4. August 06, 2025

    Toshiba Unit Can't Appeal Bench Trial Bid In Hydro Plant Row

    A Michigan federal judge refused Wednesday to clear the way for a subsidiary of Toshiba to appeal her order denying a bench trial in a dispute over allegations that the electronics giant botched a $560 million upgrade at a power plant owned by DTE Electric Co. and Consumers Energy.

  5. May 15, 2025

    Toshiba Unit Can't Get Bench Trial In Hydro Plant Dispute

    A Toshiba subsidiary lost a bid to have a breach-of-contract case related to an upgrade of a Michigan hydroelectric power plant tried by a judge instead of a jury, the court rejecting an attempt to invoke a parent company's waiver of its right to a jury trial.

  6. April 04, 2025

    Toshiba Fights Claims Over Alleged Hydro Plant Defects

    A Toshiba Corp. unit has urged a federal judge to dismiss claims that it botched a $560 million contract to upgrade a hydroelectric plant owned by the Michigan utilities Consumers Energy Co. and DTE Electric Co., arguing the two companies inspected Toshiba's work and deemed it satisfactory.

  7. October 04, 2024

    Energy Cos. Say Toshiba Unit Can't Use Parent's Jury Waiver

    Michigan's largest energy companies said a jury should hear their claims that a Toshiba subsidiary botched a $500 million job to renovate their jointly owned power plant, saying a jury trial waiver in an agreement with the parent company doesn't apply to the unit that did the work.

  8. September 18, 2024

    Toshiba Loses Bid To Sanction Mich. Energy Cos. Over Depo

    A Michigan federal judge has rejected Toshiba and its subsidiary's request for sanctions against the state's largest energy companies despite Toshiba's claim that their witness failed to answer certain questions at a deposition, ruling Toshiba didn't properly lay out what it wanted the witness to talk about and that his other answers were appropriate.

  9. June 26, 2024

    Energy Cos. Trash Toshiba Depo Tactics Over $500M Upgrade

    Michigan's largest energy companies told a federal judge that a Toshiba attorney berated and tried to provoke their witness during a deposition in their case alleging Toshiba botched a $500 million plant upgrade, urging the judge to reject Toshiba's sanctions request for the witness's supposed intransigence. 

  10. June 05, 2024

    Toshiba Unit CEO Can Be Deposed In $500M Mich. Plant Suit

    The leader of a Toshiba Corp. subsidiary can be deposed in a lawsuit from Michigan energy companies alleging Toshiba's overhaul on a plant was shoddy and will cost more than $500 million to fix, as a Michigan federal judge has found the executive has relevant knowledge about the defective work.