Posts tagged settlement

• Clergy Sex Abuse Victim Reaches Settlement (Part 3)

  David Mittleman | August 31, 2010 4:25 PM | 6 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  [The following is the text of the prepared statement read by my client at today's press conference] My name is Gregory J. Guggemos. I am married and my wife and I have 2 sons and 5...

• Michigan Reaches $867 Million Settlement with Citigroup, Wachovia

  David Mittleman | April 16, 2009 2:54 PM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yesterday, the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) announced that it has reached a settlement with financial sector giants Citigroup and Wachovia. According to OFIR...

• Family of Autistic Child Wins $1.5 Million Award for Vaccinations That Resulted in Daughter's Autism

  David Mittleman | September 13, 2010 5:00 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The Omnibus Autism Proceeding began in 2002 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after parents of Autistic children began filing petitions for compensation with the Secretary of Health and Human...

• City of Columbia Settles With Missouri Man Critically Injured by Police Taser Gun

  David Mittleman | December 14, 2009 2:39 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Columbia, Missouri—as part of a settlement agreement reached last month, the city has agreed to pay Phillip Lee McDuffy $300,000 after police critically injured the man in 2008 with a Taser...

• NY AG Settles with Cosmetic Surgery Company that Posted Fake Positive Reviews

  David Mittleman | August 04, 2009 12:16 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has settled a complaint against a cosmetic surgery company who admits that it used its employees to pose as satisfied customers to praise its facelifts online....

• Clergy Sex Abuse Victim Reaches Settlement (Part 2)

  David Mittleman | August 26, 2010 9:02 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  [The following is the text of the prepared statement I read at yesterday's press conference.] At the outset, we should all show our appreciation to a brave, smart, and persistent victim. He is...

• It’s Time to Take the ”Rush” Out of Rush Hour

  Mark Bello | January 25, 2011 1:44 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I could not believe the idiots on the roads yesterday as I was driving home from work. I know they are out there everyday, but for some reason, I seemed to notice them more yesterday. Let me set the...

• Topamax Drugmaker Agrees To Settle Case For Over $75 Million

  David Mittleman | May 01, 2010 10:13 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in 2003 by a Michigan law firm in conjunction with the United States Department of Justice for over $75 Million. The...

• Debt Settlement Company Ordered to Pay $200,000 for Defrauding New York State Customers

  David Mittleman | October 17, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  During a time when most people are desperate to pay off those high-interest rate credit card balances, it can be tempting to call up a debt settlement company. They often promise a quick fix: by...

• Las Vegas Lawyers and Doctors Go All In For Fraud

  Devon Glass | August 20, 2009 2:44 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It's being alleged that beginning in 1999, a few doctors and lawyers in the Las Vegas area decided it would be a great idea to trump up accident related injuries to increase the damages awarded to...