Michigan Lawyers Weekly articles from January 2008

Michigan Lawyers Weekly archives from January 2008

Step up, Michigan Lawyers Weekly!!(Letter to the editor)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To the Editor: I am certainly not the only reader to be shocked and disappointed by your article, "Cut Rate," Dec. 24, 2007. Michigan Lawyers Weekly is the preeminent legal newspaper in...

Michigan Court of Appeals issues ruling in foreclosure lawsuit.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Todd C. Berg, Esq. Michigan COA -- General Property Tax Act It took Gene L. White nearly 13 years to record the warranty deed on a piece of property in Flint. You can bet he's sorry. Six years after he got the...

Michigan Court of Appeals issues ruling in favor of freedom of speech.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. Employment Law Score one for the First Amendment. In an ongoing dustup between the City of Detroit and the Detroit Police Officer's Association (DPOA), the Michigan Court of Appeals recently came...

Michigan House Bill 5274 to bring Private Detective Act into the 21st century.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. Legislative Preview The Private Detective Act is being brought into the 21st century. Enacted more than 40 years ago, the Act limits detective licensing to those who have worked as a detective in...

Biofuel Industries Group opens largest commercial biodiesel production plant in Michigan.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo Bradley J. Schram is up to his elbows in pork fat. Well, not literally, but that slippery substance is imperative to Schram's newest venture. It's the key ingredient in producing up to 20 million gallons of...

Drug courts help Michigan addicts turn lives around.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo Debra Evola can barely remember what her first high from crack cocaine felt like. But three years ago, she chased that fleeting feeling of euphoria until it nearly killed her. "I had to have been using at...

Dykema CEO continues quest to bring Michigan firm to the national stage.(chief executive officer Rex E. Schlaybaugh Jr.)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. Practice profile Rex E. Schlaybaugh Jr. is an innovator. The recently re-elected chairman and chief executive officer of Dykema Gossett PLLC has taken the firm from a Michigan powerhouse to a...

New program pairs children of Michigan inmates with mentors.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo When children are separated from their incarcerated parents, it's more likely they'll end up behind bars, too, officials say. So Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA), along with Catholic Social...

Michigan Lawyers in the News: January 7, 2008.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appointments Andrey Tomkiw, a partner with Tomkiw Dalton, has been appointed to the Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee. He specializes in employment and labor law. Charles F....

Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Case Summaries: January 7, 2008.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Final Notice Of Reprimand And Probation Case No. 02-78-GA Notice Issued: Dec. 28, 2007 Albert J. Dib, P 32497, Royal Oak, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board, affirming Tri-County...

Michigan Attorney General Opinion Summaries: January 7, 2008.(Brief article)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Licenses And Permits Driver's License - Residents Only Only a resident of Michigan may be issued a Michigan driver's license. A person who is not a lawful resident of the United States cannot...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Case Summaries: January 7, 2008.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff No-Fault Serious Impairment - Normal Life Affected Where plaintiff suffered injuries in two traffic accidents almost a year apart, whether the injuries affected the course and trajectory of...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Unpublished Civil Case Summaries: January 7, 2008.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Procedure Damages - Trespass- Nuisance Claim Plaintiffs in this trespass-nuisance claim against the City of Flint arising from sewage backing up into their homes were properly awarded...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: January 7, 2008.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Armed Robbery; Felonious Assault; Felony Firearm; Felon In Possession Of A Firearm. Sufficient Evidence. "Although we agree that Harris was not identified as an occupant of the...

Michigan Supreme Court Case Summaries: January 7, 2008.(Brief article)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Evidence Hearsay - Child's Dying Declaration A 4-year-old injured child was sufficiently aware of his impeding death so that his statement implicating defendant as causing his injuries is...

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit Case Summaries: January 7, 2008.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Preference Action - Enabling Loan Exception A bankruptcy trustee may avoid a lender's lien on the debtor's motor vehicle because the security interest was not perfected within 20...

U.S. District Court Eastern District Case Summaries: January 7, 2008.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Section 1983 - No State- Created Danger A student's assault of plaintiff's minor child, after being returned to the child's classroom following a suspension for previously...

U.S. District Court Western District Case Summaries: January 7, 2008.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer Law FDCPA - 'Offer To Settle' Letter Defendant is granted summary judgment on plaintiff's claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because defendant's "Offer to Settle"...

Commentary: Supreme Court's concerns over what is a 'charge' could mean EEOC changes.(Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Aaron L. Belville Employees and employers alike can expect changes in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) filing procedures in the near future. For several years now, there have been numerous complaints...

Commentary: Rejected religious discrimination claim still gives us things to consider.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Andrea M. Johnson The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently reviewed a case concerning religious accommodation and discrimination, ruling against the employee, and holding that job loss or actual discipline is needed before such a...

Commentary: With 2008 here, keep abreast on imminent tax changes.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Kathleen L. Bogas Today, there are two major sources of excessive and unfair taxes in cases involving employment discrimination and other violations of employment and civil rights. One is the taxation of damages for non-economic...

Commentary: Organization crucial when document management is needed.
January 7, 2008... Byline: Linda S. Jevahirian and Tracy Fitzgerald Managing documents during the discovery phase of litigation is one of the many ways to utilize a paralegal. Maximizing this effort helps the attorney locate case data and documents...

Verdicts & Settlements January 7, 2008: Tortious interference suit tossed as 'frivolous'.(Brief article)(Case overview)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiff, a gynecological oncologist, sued Defendant Trevor Singh, a medical oncologist, alleging tortious interference with a contractual relationship, tortious inference with an advantageous...

Verdicts & Settlements January 7, 2008: Driver killed when rear-ended by semi-truck.(Brief article)(Case overview)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff On the day of Dec. 31, 2006, the plaintiff, a 55-year-old married man, was driving on a major freeway. It was snowing very lightly. Approximately one mile north of him on the freeway, a very bad...

Verdicts & Settlements January 7, 2008: $3M settlement reached in auto negligence case.(Case overview)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff was a female 16-year-old high school student riding as a passenger in an automobile driven by her friend. This vehicle was involved in a serious accident caused by a commercial truck that...

Trial lawyer's 'mother of all nightmares' didn't need to happen.(Letter to the editor)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff I recently read the Dec. 3, 2007, Lawyers Weekly article ("Contemptuous conduct") regarding the Court of Appeals published opinion in DeGeorge v. Warheit that affirmed a criminal contempt sanction...

Disciplines may be 'incomparable'.(Letter to the editor)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To the Editor: I found your article, "'Comparable' to chiropractic?," Nov. 26, 2007, interesting. As a trained chiropractor and licensed, practicing osteopath, and, now, a public health...

No comparison.(Letter to the editor)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To the Editor: I read your article, "Comparable to Chiropractic," Nov. 26, 2007, with great interest. I am a chiropractor, licensed in the state of Michigan. Only another chiropractor could...

Michigan Supreme Court says 4-year-old's statement qualifies as dying declaration.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. MSC -- Criminal Law Jake Logan knew he was dying. After being given a bath by his mother's boyfriend, the 4-year-old began to lose consciousness. When his mother asked him to open his eyes, he told...

External technological transaction lawyers being brought in to handle IP issues.(intellectual property)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Douglas J. Levy Intellectual Property Intellectual property (IP) matters are experiencing a trend of sorts, in which external technological transaction lawyers are being brought in to large businesses and corporations to handle...

The accidental hero: Troy attorney Shereef Akeel takes up cause of Iraqi detainees.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. Practice Profile Sept. 11, 2001, sent shockwaves through the entire country, but for some, the falling of the Twin Towers impacted their lives profoundly and permanently. Shereef Akeel is one of...

Do federal judges deserve more?(increase in judicial salaries)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo Legislative Preview U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts is calling for a pay increase for federal judges. In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, he stressed that measures moving...

Ypsilanti man sentenced to three years for cross-burning incident.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo One might think that torching a cross to terrorize others because of their skin color is an offense relegated to this country's ugly past. But a recent conviction for a Michigan incident is a harsh reminder...

Michigan looking to protect home owners with House Bill 5187.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo Legislative Preview Under a loophole in existing Michigan law, a conservator could take out a reverse mortgage on the home of the person he's supposed to be protecting, and snatch the payments while the equity...

Michigan Lawyers in the News: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appointments Thomas J. Manganello, a partner with Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, has been selected to participate in the nine-month Leadership Detroit program. He concentrates his practice in...

Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Case Summaries: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Final Notice Of Suspension Case No: 04-168-GA Notice Issued: Jan. 3, 2008 Arnold D. Dunchock, P 13013, Corunna, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Genesee County Hearing Panel #1. ...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Case Summaries: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment School Bus Drivers - Unemployment Benefits School bus drivers for the West Ottawa Public Schools [WOPS] who traditionally were allowed to bid on summer bus runs for the Ottawa...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Unpublished Civil Case Summaries: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS UNPUBLISHED CIVIL Appeals Untimely -- Dismissed Where the Minnesota appellants in this action for wages filed their claim of a right to appeal 16 months after the judgment for...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Armed Robbery; Assault With Intent To Rob While Armed; Unarmed Robbery; Assault And Battery; Larceny In A Building; Unlawful Use Of A Motor Vehicle; Habitual Offender, Fourth...

Michigan Supreme Court Orders: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Leave Denied Third Judicial Circuit Court v. The Judicial Attorneys Ass'n. (Lawyers Weekly No. 06-65133) (6 pages). The stay of proceedings ordered on Sept. 29, 2005, and continued by order of Jan....

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit Case Summaries: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Jurisdiction - Remand Order Review Where defendants removed a case from state court to the federal district court, which then allowed plaintiffs to amend the complaint to add...

U.S. District Court Eastern District Case Summaries: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fee Award - Section 1927 The dismissal of plaintiffs' RICO and tort-based claims against defendants, an employer and a doctor, premised on an alleged wrongful denial of workers'...

U.S. District Court Western District Case Summaries: January 14, 2008.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Untimely Discrimination Claims - Sanctions Imposed Where plaintiff sued his employer and union on a variety of discrimination-based claims after he was discharged for alleged...

Bill confidently, even in tough times.(lawyers' billing practices)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Ed Poll A question recently sent to me has particular resonance for lawyers at any time, but especially today when the news is full of stories about an impending economic slowdown. "At what point in your career do you decide...

Commentary: landlord-favored commercial insurance, indemnity provisions need careful negotiation.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michael S. Hale Insurance policies are not fungible commodities. Instead, each policy has different wording, and each insurer may add distinct endorsements that could affect coverage. Unfortunately, many policyholders do not learn...

Verdicts & Settlements January 14, 2008: Towing service liable for $1.3M in damages.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff was the rear-seat restrained passenger in a Jeep Cherokee that was towing a rented trailer. The driver was proceeding downhill when the trailer caused the vehicle to sway and caused the...

Verdicts & Settlements January 14, 2008: Botched 'halo procedure' leaves patient paralyzed.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The claimant, a 47-year-old engineer, dove into shallow water and struck his head on the sandy lake bottom. He immediately felt pain between his shoulders and numbness in his upper arms and hands. ...

Verdicts & Settlements January 14, 2008: 'No cause' verdict rendered in auto negligence claim.
January 14, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff was a front-seat passenger in a van operated by the defendant driver. The van traveled through a construction site in the roadway that contained wet cement. The construction site was not...

Chiropractic is chiropractic.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To the Editor: In reading your article "Comparable to chiropractic" [Nov. 26, 2007], it appears that the Auto Club Group once again is trying not to deliver on a policy that they have sold their...

Bloomfield Hills-based law firm celebrating 23rd anniversary and merger.(Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer & Garin, P.C.)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Douglas J. Levy Business of Law When Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer & Garin, P.C. celebrates its 23rd anniversary in February, there will be extra guests at the party. And they're planning on staying a while. The...

Dearborn attorney speaks at seminar on "How to Start a Law Practice".
January 21, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. Managing Your Practice Michael D. Eberth knows a thing or two about running a successful practice. The Dearborn-based family law attorney partnered with Charles L. Nichols to form Nichols & Eberth,...

Expulsion of students from Belleville High School sparks debate on student rights.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo Most high school students know that having guns, drugs and piles of cash would warrant big trouble for them. But the expulsion of a group from Belleville High School for posing with what appeared to be those...

State of Michigan Department of Atty. General works to stop Internet predators.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo A university teacher sped from New York to Michigan anticipating his arranged meeting with a 15-year-old girl. A youth minister did not hesitate to send a child pornography via the Internet. And a...

New litigation support software may change practice of trial attorneys.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo Technology Update New litigation support software that allows file conversion and digital document creation to happen at a desktop computer will change the practice of trial attorneys, its developer touts. ...

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Cavanagh voted 'top' justice.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Todd C. Berg, Esq. Judicial Performance Monitor When it comes to overall knowledge of the law, thoroughness of opinions and open-mindedness, no one beats Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Cavanagh. That's according...

Michigan Lawyers in the News: January 21, 2008.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appointments Michael Wooldridge, managing partner at Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP, has been named to serve on the board of directors of the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids. His legal...

Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Case Summaries: January 21, 2008.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Notice Of Automatic Interim Suspension Case No. 08-3-AI Notice Issued: Jan. 7, 2008 Steven D. Flaggman, P 43614, Phoenix, Arizona. Effective Aug. 29, 2007 Respondent was convicted...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Case Summaries: January 21, 2008.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Law Bobcat Trapping Season - Improperly Enjoined The trial court erred by reversing defendant-Michigan Department of Natural Resources' decision implementing a bobcat-trapping...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Unpublished Civil Case Summaries: January 21, 2008.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Law DHS Liaison Requirement - Rejected In these consolidated appeals, we vacate the portions of each child protection order that require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: January 21, 2008.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Aggravated Stalking; Habitual Offense, Fourth Offense. Double Jeopardy. "Defendant argues that his prosecution for aggravated stalking violated his double jeopardy protections...

Michigan Supreme Court Orders: January 21, 2008.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Court Rule Amendment ADM File No. 2007-27. Amendment of Rule 5.125 of the Michigan Court Rules. (Lawyers Weekly No. 06-65307) (2 pages). Staff Comment: The amendment of MCR 5.125 conforms the rule...

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit Case Summaries: January 21, 2008.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Arbitrator - Relationship To Party An arbitration award was not flawed by the fact that one of the party-selected arbitrators had previously and occasionally served as co-counsel...

Commentary: surviving the swindlers.(paying returns to investors )
January 21, 2008... Byline: P. O'Keefe, R. Long and M. McElwee Confidence man Charles Ponzi invented a method of profiting from foreign exchange arbitrage through the purchase and redemption of postal coupons after World War I. Ponzi attracted financial...

Strengthen bank relationships to avoid the 'credit crunch'.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Ed Poll Lawyers might need a bank loan for any number of good reasons: to finance growth, recover from a disaster, meet unexpected expenses, or purchase new technology. But for weeks, the daily news headlines have talked about the...

Commentary: we ought ta be in pictures.(financial institutions for the state's production industry)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Joe L. Voss Attorneys are always looking for ways to add value to their clients' business. In the midst of Michigan's recent economic struggles, the ability to introduce new opportunities to financial services clients can make a...

Verdicts & Settlements January 21, 2008: Couple killed instantly when struck by drunk driver.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The defendant driver spent many hours drinking at defendant's bar in northern Michigan and became visibly intoxicated while on the premises. Other individuals in the bar were aware of defendant...

Verdicts & Settlements January 21, 2008: Commission dispute nets a minimum of $7.6M.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiff Votar LLC had an exclusive sales representative agreement with defendant HS R&A, a Korean auto parts supplier. The agreement provided that Votar would be HS R&A's exclusive sales...

Verdicts & Settlements January 21, 2008: Securities class action settles for $200M.
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiffs in this class-action lawsuit asserted claims on behalf of purchasers of CMS Energy securities during the period from Aug. 3, 2000, through May 10, 2002. In the suit, they contended...

Last year's top verdict in Michigan greater than all others combined.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. 2007 Million-Dollar Verdicts & Settlements For the second year in a row, Detroit attorney Brian J. McKeen secured the top verdict in the state, according to Michigan Lawyers Weekly's annual survey of...

Misdiagnosis yields Michigan's top settlement of '07.(2007)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. Million-Dollar Verdicts & Settlements 2007 A medical malpractice suit took the top prize as 2007's largest settlement, coming in at $3.25 million, while the No. 2 and No. 3 stemmed from claims of...

Federal judges do deserve more.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To the Editor: I read with surprise the recent poll in Michigan Lawyers Weekly stating that 57 percent of Michigan attorneys are against pay increases for Federal judges. The poll demonstrates an...

Who were they talking about?
January 28, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff In its Jan. 21, 2008, issue, Michigan Lawyers Weekly ran the results of its first Judicial Performance Monitor — Michigan Supreme Court survey. In addition to reporting the survey results,...

Assn. of Legal Administrators Metro Detroit Chapter hosts presentation on employment issues.(Association)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo Managing Your Practice Michigan employment laws are ever-changing. With that in mind, the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Metropolitan Detroit Chapter hosted a presentation with updates on legal...

Preaching for a president? It could be costly.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Douglas J. Levy Tax Law Select churches across the United States have been getting anonymous threatening letters in the mail in recent weeks, and they have had nothing to do with stances on abortion or stem cell research. ...

Citizens Insurance of America demands refund on $700,000 in payments to insured.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. After shelling out more than $700,000 to an insured, Citizens Insurance of America went to the videotape and demanded a refund. As a result of a 1997 car accident that left Alex Moyer with a traumatic,...

Oakland County prosector recommends 'craftsman approach' for domestic violence cases.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo With a plethora of laws, unique circumstances and lives on the line, it takes a "craftsman approach" to prosecute domestic violence cases successfully, one expert says. "There are a lot of different tools at...

Outgoing dean of Wayne State University Law School creates endowment.(Frank H. Wu)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, Esq. So much of a traditional legal education is geared toward passing the bar. But sometimes issues of social justice can become lost amid the study of torts, contracts and civil procedure. Frank H....

Nancy J. Diehl of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office writes booklets.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Natalie Lombardo "Testifying is hard for anyone... but children are at a disadvantage because of their age," Nancy J. Diehl, chief of the Felony Trial Division of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, said. "So it's important...

Michigan Lawyers in the News: January 28, 2008.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appointments Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC named Fredric N. Goldberg, John T. Sperla and Nathaniel R. Wolf to its Management Committee for 2008. Two Warner Norcross & Judd LLP partners have...

Kimberly M. Cahill, former Michigan State Bar president, dies at 47.(Obituary)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Kimberly M. Cahill, a veteran metro Detroit lawyer and immediate past president of the Michigan State Bar, died Jan. 21 at age 47 of cancer-related causes. "Kim Cahill was an extraordinarily gifted...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Case Summaries: January 28, 2008.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Procedure Pleadings - Failure To Follow Court Order And Rules Where plaintiff filed a 295-page complaint that was "incomprehensible," and did not timely file an amended complaint that...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: January 28, 2008.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Armed Robbery; Carrying A Concealed Weapon; Felon In Possession Of A Firearm; Felony Firearm, Second Offense; Fleeing And Eluding, Third Degree. Missing Witness Instruction....

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit Case Summaries: January 28, 2008.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Tax Refund - Possession And Turn Over To Trustee The bankruptcy court correctly ordered the debtors to turn over a federal income tax refund to the Chapter 7 trustee even though the...

U.S. District Court Eastern District Court Case Summaries: January 28, 2008.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer Law Mortgage Pay-Off Fees - Pre-emption Plaintiffs' state-law claims arising from defendant's assessment of two fees when plaintiffs paid off their mortgage early are pre-empted by...