Women in the Law: Tricia A. Sherick
Education: University of Toledo College of Law (1997) Firm: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit Specialty: Commercial law If Tricia A. Sherick had a soapbox to stand on and could tell women...
View ArticleEmployer not bound by its own arbitration, limitations clauses
An employer does not have to abide by the six-month limitations period or the arbitration clause in its own employment agreement, a federal judge in Detroit has decided. The employee filed a motion...
View ArticleSocial Security – ALJ did not consider evidence of service-connected disability
A Social Security disability claimant is entitled to a remand for further review of his claim because the administrative law judge denied benefits without considering evidence from the Veterans...
View ArticleNegligence – No claim against general contractor under common work area theory
Where a worker fell from a scissor lift that was missing a safety bar, his personal injury claim against the general contractor fails.
View ArticleBusiness Law – Failure to award singing contest prize creates jury issues
Plaintiffs have claims for breach of contract, violation of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act and civil conspiracy based on their allegations that defendants did not award all of the prizes to which...
View ArticleFederal judge: No mug shot privacy
A Detroit federal judge has ordered the government to turn over mug shots of criminal defendants to a newspaper, saying that 6th Circuit decisions must be followed, even if the U.S. Justice Department...
View ArticleEmployment – Postal worker’s disability and retaliation claims dismissed
Plaintiff postal worker’s disability discrimination and retaliation claims against two of his supervisors will be dismissed because plaintiff’s own deposition testimony shows that he cannot establish...
View ArticleNo-Fault – No-fault insurer must pay for property damage caused by car fire
Where a vehicle fire damaged a building that plaintiff insured, defendant, the vehicle’s no-fault insurer, must pay property protection benefits to plaintiff in this subrogation action.
View ArticleLong-time jurist to retire from federal bench
The Eastern District of Michigan is losing a 28-year veteran judge.
View ArticleThe top news you found in your morning email
Our Daily Alert email service provides you the latest in legal news every weekday morning, and these are the stories you clicked on the most in 2015.
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