Employment – Failure to promote – Settlement
DETROIT, MI - Where a plaintiff who entered into a settlement agreement has since filed five motions under Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the motions should ...More

Attorneys – Disciplinary proceedings – Abstention
DETROIT, MI - Where a motion to dismiss has been filed by the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission and its Board of Commissioners, that motion should be allowed under the abstention ...More

Arbitration – Waiver
DETROIT, MI - Where two plaintiffs have argued that the defendant automaker waived its right to arbitrate, the defendant’s failure to pay the arbitration fee appears to be the ...More

Negligence – Parking lane – 'Highway exception'
DETROIT, MI - Where a plaintiff tripped over a depression in the surface of Gratiot Avenue in Detroit, the defendant’s motion for summary disposition should have been allowed ...More

Suit over layoff barred by release
DETROIT, MI - A signed release agreement barred a plaintiff employee’s claims of racial discrimination, gender discrimination, retaliation and hostile work environment under ...More

Plaintiff’s fall on uneven downtown sidewalk leads to multiple injuries
DETROIT, MI - The plaintiff fell on slightly depressed brick pavers in the city’s downtown public sidewalk. The depression was less than two inches and therefore the plaintiff’s ...More

Court finds hospital liable for tech’s sexual assault of patient
DETROIT, MI - The plaintiff, a psychiatric patient under the legal guardianship of her father due to a severe mental deficiency, was admitted to the care of the defendant. The ...More