Court finds defendant’s retro plea a tough sell 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 24, 2013
Tags: criminal defense, diminished capacity, due process, Michigan, retroactive law, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Can a common practice in criminal defense trigger constitutional protections when it’s suddenly changed?
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court didn’t seem to think so, at least in the context of Metrish v. Lancaster, which was argued Wednesday.
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.
Jury awards $4.5 million over stalking and defamation
Published: August 17, 2012
Tags: defamation, Michigan, sexual orientation discrimination, stalking
A federal court jury has awarded $4.5million to an openly gay former University of Michigan student body president who accused a former state attorney of stalking and defaming him, his lawyer said.
$3 million settlement could close lawsuit over shooting
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: Michigan, police shooting, wrongful death
Ionia County, Mich. has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of a man who was killed in his home.
Schools to pays $432,000 for workers comp claims related to renovation
Published: May 8, 2012
Tags: Michigan, workers' compensation
Portage Public Schools has agreed to pay $432,000 to settle workers’ compensation claims involving four teachers who said they were disabled by fumes and vapors during the renovation of Portage Northern High School.
Family awarded $1.23 million by jury in medical malpractice suit
Published: April 4, 2012
Tags: medical malpractice, Michigan, surgery, wrongful death
A Kalamazoo, Mich. jury has awarded $1.23 million to the family of a 66-year-old Lawton woman who died of a brain injury caused by the lack of oxygen during surgery in 2008.
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).
Jury returns $144 million verdict for girl injured at birth
By:
Carol Lundberg
Published: January 17, 2012
Tags: birth injury, cerebral palsy, medical malpractice, medical negligence, Michigan, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011
Plaintiff's attorney Geoffrey Fieger
According to plaintiff’s attorney Geoffrey N. Fieger, Dr. Andrew Jay Halperin should have known that Kimberly VanSlembrouck’s baby was going to be too big to risk a vaginal birth, and he should have called for a Caesarean section.
In October of last year, a Michigan jury agreed and awarded $144 million to Fieger’s client, who sustained serious injury during her birth.
Woman’s lawsuit says SUV smells like corpse
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: car dealer, Michigan
A Detroit-area woman is suing an auto dealership, claiming her new SUV smells bad because it once contained a corpse.
$4.4M jury verdict for vet overturned on appeal
By:
Noah Schaffer
Published: December 16, 2011
Tags: Michigan, workplace harassment
A Michigan had been awarded millions by a jury that decided he had endured harassment at his workplace because of his Iraq war injury, but an appeals court has ruled in favor of the judge who threw out the verdict.
