Michigan Drops Lawsuit Against Barber Who Flouted Whitmer’s COVID-19 Lockdown

Michigan state dismisses lawsuit against a barbershop owner who had his license suspended after he cut hair during “non-essential” business shutdown.

Barber Karl Manke cuts a client's hair at his barber shop in Owosso, Mich., on May 12, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images

Michigan state has agreed to dismiss the lawsuit against a barbershop owner who had his license suspended after he cut hair during Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “non-essential” business shutdown.

The Department of the Attorney General agreed to a full and final dismissal of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’s lawsuit against 77-year-old Karl Manke, his attorney David A. Kallman said in a news release.