Michigan High Court Urged to Allow Lilly Insulin Pricing Probe

The office of Michigan’s attorney general on Wednesday again urged the state Supreme Court to overturn two prior rulings that it says hamstring its desire to investigate Eli Lilly & Co.’s insulin pricing practices.

The rulings, from 1999 and 2007, make it difficult to protect residents from price gouging on groceries, cars, home improvements, and medications under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act, Assistant Attorney General Darrin F. Fowler said during oral arguments.

“What the legislature intended as a seldom-used side road was transformed into an expressway for those engaged in exploitation,” Fowler said as he urged the justices to ...