Patent Office pilot programs slowly ease backlog
Over the last two years, patent attorneys have seen marked differences in the way patent applications are handled, and how a backlog of 700,000-plus filed patent applications are being tackled, by the...
View ArticleTeen-aged rape victim awarded $12.5 million
A Michigan jury has determined that an ambulance company was partly to blame for the rape of a 14-year-old mentally ill girl by one of the company’s attendants. The plaintiff’s lawyer, Geoffrey N....
View ArticleMich. whistleblower wins $725,000 in damages
A Michigan jury has awarded $725,000 in damages to a respiratory therapy manager at a Detroit-based nursing facility who claimed that her cooperation in a state investigation was the basis for her...
View ArticleDefense scores win in FLSA case
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...
View ArticleAttorney fights shell game to track responsibility for 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...
View ArticleMichigan chiropractor awarded $7 million
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...
View ArticlePlaintiffs seek MDL for da Vinci robot liability suits
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...
View ArticleFederal defamation trial results in $4.5 million verdict
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...
View ArticleLive expert testimony key in $1.6M auto negligence verdict
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. But having four medical...
View ArticleMichigan teenager wins nearly 650K after farming vehicle accident
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. Judge Philip Rodgers Jr., who presided over the case, told...
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