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A year after Wayne furniture store blast, few answers
Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the natural gas explosion that killed Machniak, 54, and salesman James Zell, 64, and seriously injured owner Paul Franks, pulled from the wreckage on Wayne Road.
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Patron sues Detroit cops over alleged casino sucker punch
A Livonia man is suing the city and two Detroit police officers in federal court, claiming he was sucker-punched while being escorted out of the MGM Grand Casino – an incident captured on a surveillance camera.
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Surveillance Video: Detroit Cop Slubs Man in Casino
A Michigan man is suing the city of Detroit and two of its police officers after an officer slugged him in the face, breaking his nose. The man has a pretty good piece of evidence to back up his lawsuit -- surveillance video of the incident.
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Attorney seeks independent probe into Detroit officer's punches at MGM Grand casino
The attorney for a man accusing a Detroit police officer of unjustly assaulting him at the MGM Grand Detroit casino says the matter should be investigated by an outside agency.
Attorney Wolfgang Mueller, who is representing Patrick Poisson in a federal lawsuit against two Detroit police officers and the city, released a statement today that criticizes the department for conducting an internal investigation.
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Accused comic book killer sues county, doctors
MACOMB COUNTY - A man set to go on trial a second time in the "comic book killing" has accused doctors of failing to diagnose and treat a vitamin B12 deficiency while he was housed in the Macomb County Jail, leaving him unable to walk and independently perform daily activities.
Michael George, 51, scheduled to face trial Sept. 7 for the 1990 murder of his wife, Barbara, earlier this month filed a malpractice and negligence lawsuit in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens against Macomb County, Clinton Township-based Michigan Neurology Associates and three doctors.
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Wrongfully Convicted Men File Lawsuit
ECORSE, Mich. - They spent eight years locked up in prison for a crime they did not commit. Now, two men who had their convictions overturned have filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the city of Ecorse.
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Man whose innocence was proved is now a free man
WAYNE COUNTY - After the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office dropped its efforts at his retrial in a decade-old murder, Dwayne Provience's ankle tether came off.
"I'm free, Mom," he said moments later as his mother, Vonzella Battle, sobbed in his arms. "You don't have to worry no more."
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$2.25 million awarded to family of 2006 crash victim
DEARBORN -- The family of a man killed in a multi-vehicle crash in 2006 in Dearborn has been awarded $2.25 million as part of a lawsuit filed against the drunk driver who caused the crash and the adult entertainment establishment that served his drinks.
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Drunken-driving death brings $2.25 million
DEARBORN -- This week a Wayne County jury awarded $2.25 million to the family of Kenneth Brzezinski, who was killed in 2006 by a motorist who got drunk at the Pantheion Club in Dearborn.
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Dearborn strip club admits liability in DUI fatality
DEARBORN - A Dearborn topless bar that served a man shots and beers until he passed out and vomited has admitted liability for the death the man caused in a subsequent car wreck.
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Wheels of Justice
Four lawyers tell why they defend—or do battle with—the troubled auto industry
Published in Michigan Super Lawyers 2009 — September 2009
The world-famous Motor City has captured more headlines over the past year for bankruptcies and billion-dollar bailouts than for improved fuel efficiency or high-tech upgrades. Despite the turmoil, the Detroit auto industry remains a major Michigan employer, and its products continue to stand as worldwide symbols of the American Dream.
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Olsman Mueller firm wins Ann Arbor housing case
DETROIT - Jurors took just two hours last week to find a judgment of no cause in the lawsuit brought by Ann Arbor-based Fair Housing Center of Southeast Michigan Inc., alleging discriminatory leasing practices at the 97-unit apartment complex on Carpenter Road.
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Appeals Court Sides with Golf Course Manager
ROYAL OAK — The Michigan Court of Appeals agrees Ken Stack, the former manager of the city's two golf courses, was wrongfully fired in March 2005 and should receive almost $200,000.
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Case of missing body gets its day in court
Zeeland, MI — An attorney representing relatives of the man whose body was mistakenly dumped in a Zeeland Township landfill in 2006 said he expects the legal case will move forward after almost three years of litigation.
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Joe Louis' Sister Froze to Death at Nursing Home, Suit Says
DETROIT - Boxing legend Joe Louis' sister froze to death because a suburban Detroit nursing home negligently allowed her to wander outside at night, her son alleges in a wrongful-death lawsuit.
Vunies B. High, who suffered from Alzheimer's, was found dead Feb. 18 outside the Heatherwood assisted-living facility, according to the lawsuit.
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Settlement fails, pepper-spray case heading to trial
CADILLAC - A federal judge ruled a lawsuit filed against the city of Cadillac will be tried in court because of a police officer’s past actions.
After efforts failed to settle a federal lawsuit involving the city of Cadillac, the case appears headed for trial on June 25 in U.S. District Court.
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Waste hauler believed bag held rags, not a body
ZEELAND TOWNSHIP - A waste hauler who accidentally collected a body stored in a funeral home garage thought the 70-pound bag containing the remains was full of wet rags, an attorney for the Notier-VerLee-Langeland Funeral Home said Friday.
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Notebook: Looking at Elder Care
Like many of you, I came to assisted living suddenly and unexpectedly — when my mother-in-law suffered a serious stroke. Without warning our family was thrust into the world of elder-care attorneys and residential care. I sat in on meetings as my father-in-law was pitched about the quality of this facility or that, sifted through brochures featuring special "Memory Neighborhoods" for those in the early stages of Alzheimer's and cringed when it became clear what the out-of-pocket costs would run every month.
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Aging in the Shadows
Experts say there are a growing number of negligence cases in assisted living facilities. The reason may be that these facilities are not subject to any federal regulations.
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Family files suit over tour boat accident
TEMPERANCE - An attorney representing the family of a Bedford Township woman who died two months ago in a tour boat accident in upstate New York has filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit over the incident.
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Son's death remains mystery
HIGHLAND TWP. - The shots rang out, one after another, so fast, so angry.
Only a few minutes before, two Oakland County Sheriff's Office deputies had been chatting, pausing to ask the 16-year-old boy downstairs, listening to rap CDs, to come to the stairs.
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County to pay $4M in death of 16-year-old
DETROIT - Oakland County has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a teenager slain by two deputies in Highland Township in 2003.
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