Michigan Civil Rights Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Condat Corporation </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by making false statements to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to obtain a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which Condat was ineligible. In January 2021, Condat Corporation, a Michigan company that produces a range of industrial lubricants, obtained a second draw... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”) </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a whistleblower claim. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”), operates approximately 140 physical therapy clinics in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia, agreed to pay $4,969,494 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment for physical therapy serv... More...
$ (03-26-2026 - MI)Koren Wagner v. Hanon Systems USA, LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes national standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. Enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor (.gov), it applies to most private and public employees. Key provisions include a... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Ceratizit USA, L.L.C. and Mark Alan Stover
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act. Ceratizit USA LLC (Ceratizit), a Charlotte, North Carolina-based distributor of tungsten carbide products, has agreed to pay $54.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly and improperly failing to pay duties owed on tungsten carbide product... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - MI)<H2> Rhonda Hehrer v. County of Clinton, Michigan, et al.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a deliberate indifference civil rights violation wrongful death theory. This case’s tragic facts took place during Joseph Hehrer’s detention at a county jail. After Hehrer showed signs of illness (including vomiting), medical staff repeatedly evaluated him. Yet they failed to uncover that he suffered f... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. U.S. Department of Justice, et al.
Bay City, Michigan, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking a declaratory judgment relating to Michigan firearm law.<br> <br> onald Roberts and Gun Owners of America sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. They aimed to prohibit the Bureau from enforcing a public-safety advisory that instructed gun sellers to reject a Michigan firearms license as a<br> satisfa... More...
$0 (11-05-2025 - MI)Amos C. Johnson, M.D., etc. v. Rita Elizabeth Johnson, etc.
Detroit, Michigan, civil litigation lawyers represented the the parties in interpretation of a trust.<br> <br> In 2000, Amos G. Johnson and his wife, Marjorie Johnson, established the Johnson<br> Family Trust, naming their son, Appellant Amos C. Johnson, M.D., as the first successor trustee.<br> Amos G. Johnson died in 2007, and Marjorie Johnson died in 2020. This case involves the<br> proceedings... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)Marko Law, P.L.L.C. v. Alexander and Angelas, P.C.
Detroit, Michigan, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Circuit Court, Wayne County, Michigan and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> ... More...
$1 (10-24-2025 - MI)Charles Bozzo v. Jennifer Nanasy, et al.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> rles Bozzo was fired from his job as a correctional officer with the Michigan Department of Corrections after a coworker accused him of making harassing comments. Years later, he sued two MDOC employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that<br> the p... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)B.A., et al. v. Tri County Area Schools, et al.
Rapid City, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who claimed that their Constitutional Rights were violated by the Defendants.<br> <br> Two middle schoolers in Michigan wore sweatshirts emblazoned with the phrase "Let's Go Brandon†to school. Based on the commonly understood meaning of the slogan, the school administrators determined that the sweatshirts were inappropriat... More...
$0 (10-15-2025 - MI)Cheyenne Johnson v. Mount Pleasant Public Schools, et al.
Bay City, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that her child's rights were violated.<br> <br> This is a case about a public-school teacher, <br> Jason Russell, who had good reason to believe that a student, X.M., brought a handgun to school; <br> Russell's actions to protect against that threat; and the lawsuit by Cheyenne Johnson, X.M.'s <br> mother, against Russell... More...
$0 (09-20-2025 - MI)Julie A. Tamm and Rosannea M. Przybylski v. Milan Nerad
Grand Rapids, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Count I—First Amendment Retaliation (42 U.S.C. § 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count II—Llewellyn Preemption (state-law claim); Count III— Reasonableness Challenge – Square Lake (state-law claim); Count IV—Selective Enforcement Equal Protection) (§ 1983) (official an... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - MI)April Malick, et al. v. Croswell-Lexington District Schools, et al.
Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> C.M. suffered student-on-student racial harassment while she attended the sixth, seventh,<br> and ninth grades in the Croswell-Lexington Community Schools District. (She was<br> homeschooled for eighth grade.) She was mocked, called the n-word and other racial slurs,<br> threate... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - MI)Michael Mockeridge and Suan J. Mockerridge v. Harry Harvey, et al.
Bay City, Michigan, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on a Fourth Amendment violation theory,<br> <br> In September 2020, Michael Mockeridge and Susan Mockeridge purchased 40 acres of<br> land in northern Michigan for "cabining, enjoying nature, and family gatherings.†R. 79-2,<br> PageID 805. The property is remote. To access it, one leaves Hubbard Lake Trail—th... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Yogesh K. Pancholi
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud.<br> <br> Yogesh Pancholi defrauded Medicare of millions of dollars, pocketed the money, and transferred it offshore to India, where it remains unrecovered. He was tried and convicted of health care fraud, witness tampering, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft. He appeals, arguing that his Fifth and ... More...
$0 (08-06-2025 - MI)Larry Smith v. Wayne County, Michigan, Robert J. Donaldson
Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> After prosecutors agreed to have his murder conviction thrown<br> out, Larry Smith sued Wayne County and Robert Donaldson. Smith claims that his conviction<br> resulted from an elaborate scheme designed by police and prosecutors to elicit false testimony<br> from jailhouse infor... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - MI)Kenneth James Lowe v. Walbro, LLC
Bay City, Michigan employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an age discrimination theory.<br> <br> In June 2018, Kenneth Lowe was fired from his job at Walbro LLC. Lowe was 60 years old at the time and had worked at Walbro for more than four decades. He responded by filing this diversity-of-citizenship lawsuit against Walbro, alleging that the company had violated Michigan's Ell... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - MI)Mike Yoder, et al. v. Scott Bowen, et al.
Grand Rapids, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff t challenging a Michigan law that bans the use of drones to hunt or collect downed game.<br> <br> After a hunter shoots a game animal, such as a deer, the animal often runs away and dies<br> in another location. Tracking dogs and trail cameras are two ways of finding the animal. DDR<br> offers a third option—one that it s... More...
$0 (08-06-2025 - MI)Matthew Waleyko v. Carols Del Toro
Providence, Rhode Island personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> he Naval Undersea Warfare Center ("the Warfare Center"), a division of the U.S. Navy focused on the research and development of submersible weapons systems, asked Appellant Matthew Waleyko to resign at the end of his two-year term of probationary employment. After his ter... More...
$0 (07-31-2025 - MI)Anthony McClendon EL v. Heidi E. Washington, Warden, et al.
Ann Arbor, Michigan civil rights lawyer presented the Plaintiff on prisoner civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Michigan prison officials have recommended that Anthony McClendon participate in a prison program designed for sex offenders to deter their sexual abuse. McClendon refuses to participate. So Michigan's parole board has repeatedly denied him parole. In this case, we must consider whet... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - MI)Luis Antonio Martinez, et al. v. Wayne County, Michigan, et al.
Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Luis Martinez Jr. died in February 2021 and the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office (WCMEO) took control of his body. The WCMEO found his next of kin but inexplicably did not contact them. Meanwhile, the family hired a social worker to find out what happened to Luis Jr. In... More...
$0 (06-26-2025 - MI)Gerald Novak; Adam Wenzel v. William L. Federspiel
Bay City, Michigan personal injury lawyers presented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories claiming hey own fourteen firearmsseized in a criminal investigation that ended years ago.<br> <br> Sheriff William Federspiel refused to turn the firearms over to Novak and Wenzel because he contends they have not proven that they own them. So they sued Federspiel under 42 U.S.C. § 19... More...
$0 (06-26-2025 - MI)Sean Hart, Tiffany Guzman v. City of Grand Rapids, et al.
Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who claimed that a Detroit police officers used excessive force and injured him.<br> <br> MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem ... More...
$0 (05-15-2025 - MI)Dominique Johnson v. Jonathan Johnson
Pontiac, Michigan family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> <br> Plaintiff/counterdefendant and defendant/counterplaintiff divorced in April 2021. At that time, defendant had a lawsuit pending involving an automobile accident in which he suffered personal injuries. The judgment of divorce provided that the parties would equally divide the proceeds of that lawsuit. Defendant was ... More...
$0 (04-17-2025 - MI)Randy Erickson v. Gogebic County, Michigan, et al.
Marquette, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> MoreLaw's goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried who might be available to represent ... More...
$0 (04-07-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. The Prometheus Group </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Medical Device Manufacturer And Its Owner Agree To Pay $550,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United Sta... More...
$0 (03-26-2025 - MI)George Edward Clark and Kevin Harrington v. Anthony Abdallah and Kevin Smith
Justice Went To Hell in Detroit, Michigan George Edward Clark and Kevin Harrington were wrongfully convicted of a murder that they did not commit.<br> <br> This § 1983 case concerns alleged constitutional violations in the investigation and prosecution of George Clark and Kevin Harrington. Clark and Harrington spent nearly two decades in prison before the Wayne County Prosecution Integrity Unit... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - MI)John Kite v. Rapides Parish Sheriff's Department, et al.
Alexandria, Louisiana personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the defendants on negligence theories.<br> <br> McKennedy Armstead was an inmate serving a sentence for a narcotics conviction at the Rap ides Parish Detention Center in Alexandria. While on a work detail for the City of Alexandria's Lights Department, Mr. Armstead stole a City truck. He went to his mother's house (aba... More...
$0 (03-03-2025 - MI)Brendel's Septic Tank Service, LLC v. Terry Vickers and On the Portables, L.L.C.
Pontiac, Michigan, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a trade secret conversion theory.<br> <br> In September 2022, plaintiff filed a complaint, contending that it was a limited liability corporation that provided sanitation and septic services for construction, commercial and residential, cities and parks, and other venues. Vickers allegedly served as plaintiff's office manage... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - MI)Stephen Censoni v. GFL Environmental, Inc., et al.
Pontiac, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence claims.<br> <br> Plaintiff was injured when the arm of a garbage truck struck him below his neck as he attempted to pick up a bottle in the roadway. GFL owned the truck, and Doe drove the truck at the time of the incident. Plaintiff filed a complaint against GFL and Doe, alleging that he suffered accidental bodily i... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - MI)Lamont Bernard Heard v. Yarnice Strange, et al.
Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff complaining about prison condictions.<br> <br> isoners often have complaints about prison life. When these complaints arise, prisoners can't go straight to federal court. The Prison Litigation Reform Act("PLRAâ€) requires prisoners to seek relief from state prison officials before filing a federal lawsuit. This is called an "exha... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - MI)People of the State of Indiana v. Ronald Wayne Blank
Traverse City, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC-II) (sexual contact accomplished with an article reasonably perceived as a weapon), MCL 750.520c(1)(e), unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b(1)(a) (person restrained by means of a dangerous instrument), and assault with a dangerous weapon, MCL 750.82(1). <br> <br> This ... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - MI)Glorianna Moore v. Oakland County, Michigan, Eric Hix, Daniel Hedrick
Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories un 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> When Glorianna Moore refused to show her license to Officer Brian Wilson at a traffic stop, he opened her car door and grabbed her arm. Because Moore started screaming and twisting her body away, Officer Wilson restrained her by holding her arm a... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - MI)United States of America ex rel. State of Michigan, et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automoible Insurance Company, et al.
Detroit, Michigan civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on a qui tam theory.<br> <br> <br> In some circumstances, "an individual who has incurred medical expenses can lawfully<br> seek recovery from more than one insurer.†United States ex rel. Angelo v. Allstate Ins. Co., 106<br> F.4th 441, 445 (6th Cir. 2024). This is also true when one of those insurers is Medicare.... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Physicians Toxicology Laboratory, LLC </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegations Of Unnecessary Drug Testing </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Physicians Toxicology Laboratory And Its Owners To Pay $4.425 Million To Settle Allegations Of Unnecessary Drug Testing</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b... More...
$0 (01-03-2025 - MI)People of the State of Michigan v. Brandon Scott Berry and Erin Leigh Buchholz
<h2><br> Bad Axe, Michigan criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree home invasion.<br> </h2><br> <br> Berry and his former girlfriend, Allyson Majeski, purchased the home in question 2019. They held record title as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship. The two lived in the house together until their relationship ended. Berry moved out of the home... More...
$0 (12-13-2024 - MI)In re Rodriguez/Rodriguez-Perez
Detroit, Michigan family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a termination of parental rights proceeding.<br> <br> This case arises from the termination of respondent's parental rights to his children, KR, LR, and CR. In November 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) petitioned the trial court to remove the children from respondent's care.[1] DHHS alleged that police found t... More...
$0 (11-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Trent William Witteveen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Timber Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Pentwater-Area Business Owner Sentenced To Prison In Timber Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark ... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MI)Leon Duckett v. Conti Corporation
<h2><br> Detroit, Michigan civil rights job discrimination lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Civil rights laws that prohibit job discrimination include:<br> <br> Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964<br> <br> Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This law applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, fi... More...
$1 (10-15-2024 - MI)Lamonte Jackson Gibson; Toriel Dixon v. Reginald Beasley
<h2><br> Detroit, Michigan civil rights personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that their civil rights were violated by the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <h2>On a Friday night, Lamonte Jackson-Gibson celebrated his birthday with several friends, including his girlfriend, Toriel Dixon. After midnight, the group took the celebration to Detroit's Greektown neighborhood. There, they s... More...
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