News & Articles

Legal news, articles by our attorneys and other legal scholars, and reports of significant verdicts and settlements we have achieved.

Legal News

Check back regularly for the latest legal news.

 

 

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Articles

Legal articles of note.

• The Enforceability of Employer Mandated Dispute Resolution Plans Terminating With Binding Arbitration in Michigan, by Alan M. Kanter
• Constitutional Violations and the Validity of Treaties: Will Iraq Give Lawful Consent to a Status of Forces Agreement? by Gregory H. Fox, Wayne State University Law School
• Global Mental Health: Changing Norms, Constant Rights by Lance Gable, Wayne State University Law School and Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center
• Is Transnational Litigation a Distinct Field? The Persistence of Exceptionalism in American Procedural Law by Paul R. Dubinsky, Wayne State University Law School
• The Fair Track to Expanded Free Trade: Making TAA Benefits More Accessible to American Workers by William J. Mateikis, Wayne State University Law School
• A Policy Analysis of Michigan's Mislabeled Gross Receipts Tax by Michael J. McIntyre, Wayne State University Law School and Richard D. Pomp, University of Connecticut - School of Law

 

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Verdicts and Settlements

Notable results we have obtained for our clients.

• $3,325,000 Present Value Settlement — Wrongful Death — Auto negligence and product liability — Trailer crossed centerline on curve, striking plaintiff's oncoming vehicle — Failure of trailer anti-lock brake system — Negligent design of warning system
• $3,150,000 Settlement — Quadraplegia — Auto negligence, owner negligence and product liability — Plaintiff struck from behind while walking on left side of road — Truck’s owner provided truck to employee who lent it to drunken friend — Negligent maintenance of brakes — Quadriplegia and severe brain damage
• $650,000 Settlement — Closed Head Injury — Auto negligence — Head on collision, truck crossed centerline, striking plaintiff's oncoming vehicle — Two defendant drivers engaged in road rage when one lost control — Closed head brain damage and fractured pelvis
• $620,000 Settlement — Multiple Fractures to Femur — Auto negligence — Defendant ran red light, striking plaintiff's vehicle — Liability dispute, defendent denied running red light — Multiple surgeries and scarring
• $2,100,000 Settlement — Wrongful Death — Electrocution — Utility repairman killed when working on a high voltage line supposedly already locked out — Negligence of co-workers and utility company primary issues — Conscious pain and suffering before death
• $1,950,000 Settlement — Wrongful Death — Auto negligence — Highway crash — Comprehensive accident reconstruction involving scientific analysis and exhibit preparation demonstrated defendant’s negligence