Date: 10-22-2005

Case Style: Alvin Bowman v. City of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick and Ella Bully-Cummings

Case Number: Unknown

Judge: Michael Callahan

Court: Circuit Court, Wayne County, Michigan

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Michael Stefani of Stefani & Stefani, Royal Oak, Michigan

Defendant's Attorney:

Valerie Colbert-Osamuede, Detroit, Michigan

Description:

Alvin Bowman sued the City of Detroit and Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings for transfering him for his probe into the death of a stripper linked to reports of a wild party at the mayor's mansion. Tamara Greene, a 27-year-old exotic dancer known as Strawberry, was shot to death on April 30, 2003. She was said to have stripped in 2002 at a party at the Manoogian Mansion. He claimed that his transfer to the Midnight shift was an adverse employment action. He retired after 31-years of employment with the Detroit Police Department.

The defendants denied Bowman's claims.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $200,000.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None