Michigan teenager wins nearly 650K after farming vehicle accident

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: February 7, 2013

Tags: agricultural engineering, farming

In January, a Michigan lawyer won a $645,388 verdict for a client, who suffered leg and knee injuries in a farming vehicle accident at age 17.

Live expert testimony key in $1.6M auto negligence verdict

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: December 26, 2012

Tags: brain injury, car crash, Michigan, police

Michigan attorney Lawrence Nolan used large, colored charts to explain to a jury the effects that a traumatic brain injury had on his client, who was hit by a police cruiser.

Federal defamation trial results in $4.5 million verdict

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: August 29, 2012

Tags: defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy

On one side, Christopher Armstrong, an openly gay former University of Michigan student body president, claimed that a series of blog attacks and stalking incidents from a then-assistant attorney general was defamatory, and constituted invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

On the other side, defendant Andrew Shirvell, who represented himself, maintained he was within his First Amendment rights to say what he did about Armstrong’s supposed “radical homosexual agenda.”

A federal court jury found that Shirvell was wrong and his actions were enough to merit $4.5 million in damages.

Plaintiffs seek MDL for da Vinci robot liability suits

Published: July 26, 2012

Tags: daVinci surgical robot, defective design, MDL, medical devices

Plaintiff's attorney Alyson Oliver, who brought suit against Intuitive Surgical on behalf of her client Lawanda Salisbury

A U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in Cleveland heard arguments last week on the possible consolidation and coordination of a half-dozen product liability cases involving the da Vinci surgical robot.

Michigan chiropractor awarded $7 million

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: April 2, 2012

Tags: breach of contract, chiropractor, failure to honor good faith duties, false light invasion of privacy, Michigan, negligence

A Michigan jury has awarded Dr. Micheil Hanczaryk and his practice, Bristol Chiropractic Centre, nearly $7 million on claims of breach of contract, negligence, failure to honor good faith duties and false light invasion of privacy against his carrier, Podiatry Insurance Co. of America (PICA).

Attorney fights shell game to track responsibility for death

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: December 14, 2011

Tags: loss of companionship, loss of society, medical malpractice, nursing home litigation, pain and suffering, wrongful death

Walter Polomski died in 2008 after choking on a golf ball-sized meatball at a nursing care facility. His family had to relive that nightmare during the ensuing negligence trial.

But in trying to get answers as to who was ultimately responsible, John M. Perrin, the attorney for Polomski’s estate, was having nightmares of his own.

Defense scores win in FLSA case

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: October 7, 2011

Tags: employee misclassification, FLSA, Michigan

In terms of employee classification, does an IRS determination letter trump the Fair Labor Standards Act in a jury’s eyes?

That’s the issue Karl P. Numinen was up against in fighting claims that three independent contractors who worked for his client, an entertainment group, were entitled to overtime pay and employee benefits.

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