Michigan Good Will Law

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. 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. Â§ 1983, claiming that the p... More...

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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. This is a case about a public-school teacher, Jason Russell, who had good reason to believe that a student, X.M., brought a handgun to school; Russell's actions to protect against that threat; and the lawsuit by Cheyenne Johnson, X.M.'s mother, against Russell... More...

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Angela Davis v. Donvaugh R. Holland, et al.

Davis brought this action against defendants, including the Hollands, Darius Williams, and Natalie Whittingham-Burrell, for statements about her and her brand identity as a social media influencer.[2] In July 2021, various news outlets published interviews with Davis and, according to Davis, Williams then shared her personal information on social media and encouraged people to direct harmful, thre... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Robert Bibbs </h1>

<h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Offering Bribes to Corrections Officer </font/color="red"></center><center> Bureau of Prisons Inmate Sentenced to Over One Year in Prison For Offering Bribes to Corrections Office</h2></center> </h2></center> A federal i... More...

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United States of America v. Dareese Davon Hewlett

<h2> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. </h2> Dareese Davon Hewlett pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 922(g). He now argues that his conviction should be vacated for two reasons. First, he contends that the district court erred in de... More...

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Ronald S. Klimkewicz v. Sarah L. Klimkewicz

<h2> Saginaw, Michigan paternity law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant. <h2> This action concerns whether the trial court followed the proper procedures under the Revocation of Paternity Act (ROPA), MCL 722.1431 et seq., when deciding plaintiff's motion to revoke paternity. The record indicates that the parties were married in 2006. Sometime afterward, defendant move... More...

$0 (09-20-2024 - MI)

Nathaniel Jackson v. Bill Cool, Warden

<h2> Cleveland, Ohio civil rights habeas corpus lawyers represented the Plaintiff sentenced to death. </h2> Petitioner Nathaniel Jackson was convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to death. But Jackson's sentencing proceeding was blatantly unconstitutional at its core due to the trialcourt judge's bias and misconduct, as well as his exclusion at sentencing of relevant mitiga... More...

$0 (08-15-2024 - MI)

Family and Estate of Denis Preka v. Nicholas Remington

<h2> Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a medical malpractice negligence theory. <h2> Denis Preka, a student at the University of Michigan, was 21 years old in March 2019 when he was studying for a big test. Preka reportedly planning on "pulling an all-nighterâ€ and had asked his friends for drugs to help him stay up all night. ... More...

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Colensensha Reynolds v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. </center

<h2> Detroit, Michigan personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability negligence theory. </h2> Premises liability is the legal theory where the injury resulted from an unsafe or defective condition on someone else's property. Relating to any dangerous condition. Every landowner has a legal duty to maintain their property in good con... More...

$0 (08-05-2024 - MI)

<h1> United States of America v. LeRoy Burcroff </h1>

<h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft and Misuse of Campaign Funds.</h2></center> <h2><center> Former Romulus Mayor Sentenced For Theft and Misuse of Campaign Funds </h2></center> Burcroff was elected mayor of the City of Romulus in 20... More...

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Miguel Mendez v. Fed Ex Freight East, et al.

Ann Arbor, Michigan insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories. The Michigan Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights provides: Sec. 500.3074. (1) An insurer shall exercise good faith and fair dealing in the investigation, adjustment, evaluation, and payment of a claim to which this chapter applies. <... More...

$1 (03-01-2024 - MI)

People of the State of Michigan v. Jennifer Lynn Crumbley </H2>

Pontiac, Michigan criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter. Defendants James and Jennifer Crumbley are the parents of EC, who shot and killed four fellow students and injured many others at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021. EC pled guilty to four charges of first-degree murder. In these proceedings, the state has charged d... More...

$0 (02-06-2024 - MI)

Kevin Hoyt v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

Detroit, Michigan insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. This case was filed in the Wayne County Circuit Court, 21-015352-CK, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. Key elements of a bad faith claim in Michigan: Breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing: This duty... More...

$1 (01-09-2024 - MI)

New Heights Farm I, LLC, et al v. Great American Insurance Company, et al.

Grand Rapids, Michigan insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories. Key elements of a bad faith claim in Michigan: Breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing: This duty requires the insurance company to handle claims promptly, fairly, and in accordance with the terms of the policy. ... More...

$1 (01-11-2024 - MI)

United States of America v. Le' Ardrus Burris

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Federal law imposes longer prison sentences on certain violent career criminals. As relevant here, both the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCAâ€) and the United States Sentencing Guidelines ("Guidelinesâ€) impose longer prison sentences on certain defendants who have a cr... More...

$0 (12-27-2023 - MI)

United States of America v. Kejuan Pharrell Carter

Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Carter sold approximately 320 grams of methamphetamine to an undercover officer in 2022. He was charged with three counts of distributing methamphetamine and, pursuant to a plea agreement, pleaded guilty to one count. His advisory Sentencing Guidelines range was 108 to ... More...

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Karen Zarza v. University of Michigan, Board of Regents

Flint, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory. Karen Zarza worked for the University of Michigan from 2003 to 2017. She maintained a clean record with her superiors. For much of her tenure, she held a custodial supervisor role, managing between 15 and 20 janitors and custodians. 2 Robert Taylor was... More...

$0 (08-04-2023 - MI)

Giotto Germany v. Derek Watkins

Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant violated his civil rights by charging him with "unlawfully summon[ing], as a joke, prank, or otherwise without good reason by phone in violation of a City of Warren ordinance. Plaintiff Giotto Germany brings this action against Defendant Derek Watkins, a police officer employed by the City of Warren. Compl. (Dk... More...

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Elijah Dequon Spann v. Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company

Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. "In Michigan, bad faith breach of an insurance contract is a tort action that allows an insured to recover damages from their insurance company for the insurer's unreasonable delay in settling a claim or for denying a claim that was clearly covered by the p... More...

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Megan Czerwinski v. Sharon Gallagher

Detroit, Michigan civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff on a landlord and tenant law theory. In the summer of 2019, Defendant Sharon Gallagher was trying to find renters for the single-family home that she owned at 28980 Rosslyn Avenue in Garden City, Michigan ("the Propertyâ€). (ECF No. 35-1, PageID 273; ECF No. 35-2.) Gallagher had put a "for rentâ€ sign in the Pr... More...

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Susan Lipscomb v. Jason Lipscomb

Lafayette, Indiana family law lawyers represented Plaintiff and defendant in a child custody dispute. [¶4] Mother and Father (collectively, Parents) are the parents of G.L., born on September 17, 2007, and S.L., born on May 20, 2011 (collectively, Children). The parties' marriage was dissolved on July 17, 2015, and sole legal and physical custody was awarded to Mother. On December 12, 20... More...

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<H2> The Estate of Zeljko Dojcinovic, deceased, by its Personal Representative Danes Dojcinovic, et al. v. Citizens Insurance Company of the Midwest, et al. </H2>

Port Huron, Michigan insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on breach of insurance contract theories claiming more than $75,000 in damages as a direct result of the breaches. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/michigan/news/porthuron/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Port Huron</a> </center> </h1> ... More...

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United States of America v. FCA US LLC (FCA US), formerly Chrysler Group LLC

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and customers by making false and misleading representations about the design, calibration, and function of the emissions control systems on more than 100,000 Model Year 2014, 2015, and 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram 1500 diesel vehicles, and about these vehicles' emission of pollu... More...

$0 (06-03-2022 - MI)

United States of America v. Jermaine Rose and Serenity Poynter

Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Jermaine Rose, age 41, and Serenity Poynter, age 36, with unemployment insurance fraud. An employee of the State of Michiganï¿½s Unemployment Insurance Agency and a Detroit Woman were charged in a criminal complaint for their alleged role in a $1.8 million unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan an... More...

$0 (08-26-2020 - MI)

Thomas David Richardson v. Carmen Denise Palmer

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/FordFBAerial_full_6925649853054192372_1363556674635349295_1475088726118.jpg"> </center> In May 2008, a Michigan jury convicted Thomas Richardson of first-degree murder for killing his wife, Juanita Richardson, by causing > No. 18-1434 Richardson v. Palmer Page 2 her to fall from a cliff in Pictur... More...

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Heather Baker v. City of Trenton

<center> <img width="300" Src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/3.jpg"> </center> This case involves a tragedy of good intentions. Shortly before his high school graduation, eighteen-year-old Kyle Baker apparently experimented with LSD. The after-effects of the drug afflicted him for several days, resulting in his having to be removed from class because of behavioral issu... More...

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Howard Pittman v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., et al.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/FordFBAerial_full_6925649853054192372_1363556674635349295_1475088726118.jpg"> </center> Plaintiff Howard Pittman ("Pittman") sued two mortgage servicers, iServe Servicing, Inc. ("iServe") and Servis One, Inc., d/b/a BSI Financial Services ("BSI"), for negligent and willful violation of the Fair Credit Reporting A... More...

$0 (07-23-2019 - MI)

Secretary of Labor v. Timberline South, LLC; Jim Payne

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/baycity.jpg"> </center> Defendant Timberline South, LLC (Timberline) is a timber-harvesting company that operates solely in Michigan, but uses logging and harvesting equipment and trucks that were No. 18-1763 SOL v. Timberline South, et al. Page 2 manufactured outside of Michigan. The Secretary of Labor (t... More...

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League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. v. Jocelyn Benson, in her capacity as Michigan Secretary of State, et al.

<center> <img width="300" Src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/3.jpg"> </center> The League of Women Voters of Michigan (“League”), numerous League members (“League Plaintiffs”), and several Democratic voters (“Individual Plaintiffs”) bring suit against Jocelyn Benson, the Michigan Secretary of State in her official capacity, under 42 U.S.C. §... More...

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Adrian Fowler v. Jocelyn Benson

<center> <img width="300" Src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/3.jpg"> </center> This is a case about the constitutionality of Michigan’s driver’s-license suspension scheme, as applied to indigent drivers. Plaintiffs claim that the Michigan Secretary of State’s suspension of an indigent person’s driver’s license, on the basis of unpaid court debt, violates... More...

$0 (05-08-2019 - MI)

United States of America v. William Shawn Steele

<center> <img width="300" Src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/3.jpg"> </center> After ten days of trial, a jury convicted Defendant William S. Steele (“Steele”) of (1) Racketeering Conspiracy (“RICO Conspiracy”) under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), and (2) Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Steele contends t... More...

$0 (03-26-2019 - MI)

Michelle Valent v. Commissioners, Social Security Administration

<center> <img width="300" Src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/3.jpg"> </center> The Commissioner of Social Security imposed an assessment of $51,410 and a civil monetary penalty of $75,000 on petitioner Michelle Valent after the Social Security Administration found that Valent failed to disclose that she had engaged in paid work activity while receiving Social Security ... More...

$0 (03-23-2019 - MI)

United States of America v. Andres Garcia

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"> </center> A jury found defendant-appellant Andres Garcia guilty of distributing cocaine—actually distributing a kilogram of the stuff—to co-defendant Alan Cisneros in violation of 21 US.C. § 841. The government ... More...

$0 (03-20-2019 - MI)

United States of America v. Roy C. Bradley, Sr.

<center> <img width="300" Src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/3.jpg"> </center> Roy C. Bradley, Sr. appeals his conviction for conspiring to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Bradley worked as the general contractor on Steven Ingersoll’s project converting an old church in Bay City, Michigan into a new charter school called Bay City... More...

$0 (03-03-2019 - MI)

James King v. United States of America

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/FordFBAerial_full_6925649853054192372_1363556674635349295_1475088726118.jpg"> </center> James King (“Plaintiff”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment1 for Officers Todd Allen and Douglas Brownback (together “Defendants”) on Plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment claims arising under... More...

$0 (02-26-2019 - MI)

James Benjamin v. Jones Family Trust

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/baycity.jpg"> </center> Most cities in America regulate vacant properties and the risks to the public health and safety that come with them. Saginaw is no different. Located in eastern Michigan, the city requires owners of vacant property to register their property with the city. The registration ... More...

$0 (02-12-2019 - MI)

Armando Nieves v. Envoy Air, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/FordFBAerial_full_6925649853054192372_1363556674635349295_1475088726118.jpg"> </center> Armando Nieves (“Nieves”) sued Envoy Air Incorporated (“Envoy”) for wrongful termination. Nieves claims that Envoy violated: (1) the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) by terminating him in retaliation for ... More...

$0 (01-14-2019 - MI)

Lynn Lumbard v. City of Ann Arbor

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/US-CourtOfAppeals-6thCircuit-Seal.png/150px-US-CourtOfAppeals-6thCircuit-Seal.png"> </center> In 2000, the City of Ann Arbor passed an ordinance requiring certain homeowners to undergo structural renovations to their homes to alleviate storm water drainage problems affecting the city and surro... More...

$0 (01-10-2019 - MI)

In re: B & P Baird Holdings, Inc.

<center> <h1> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a> </h1> </center> This non-core bankruptcy adversary proceeding stems from the wind-up plan of debtor B & P Baird Holdings, Inc. Debtor entered into an asset pu... More...

$0 (01-08-2019 - MI)

Shari Guertin v. State of Michigan

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/9.jpg"> </center> This case arises out of the infamous government-created environmental disaster commonly known as the Flint Water Crisis. As a cost-saving measure until a new water authority was to become operational, public officials switched the City of Flint municipal water supply from the Detroit Wa... More...

$0 (01-04-2019 - MI)