Employer Persecution of the Plus-Sized: How Michigan Law Protects Against Weight Discrimination in the Workplace
We are sure that everyone is at least partly familiar with the fact that employers are not allowed to discriminate against their employees based on certain factors like age, sex, or race. But what about if you are overweight? Yep, you got it. Both height and weight...
Mitigating Nursing Home Abuse in Michigan
Elder Abuse in Michigan Nursing Homes There are few things in life as difficult as deciding you need to place a loved one in a nursing home. Every step of the way, from deciding a relative needs to be placed, breaking the news to them, choosing a facility, and...
The Dangers of Police Retaliation and The Unchecked Power of Prosecutors
Police officers have the power to serve and protect the citizens of the United States, their primary purpose is to keep order and keep people safe. But police officers are people too, and with any amount of power comes a danger of abuse. Police retaliation is where a...
Frustrated Former Employees Ask: Where’s My Money?
Nobody likes talking about that horrible job that they could no longer handle or maybe they were even fired. You know that one job that made you go down memory lane to see which wrong decision led you to that point? The one you showed up for one morning and...
Injured and in need of Insurance Compensation? Don’t do it alone.
Injuries, wrecks, accidents or disasters, life is unpredictable and eventually you may need to face an insurance company to recover funds for damages inflicted by the negligence of another. In a best case scenario, you get the money you deserve with no problems...
Rae Sremmurd Sued For Chucking a Water Bottle at Fan During Concert
When you go to a concert, you expect to get a live performance from your favorite artist that you will never forget. Unfortunately, for one fan, all he received after attending a Rae Sremmurd concert, was permanent scarring. Geoffrey Gleason has filed a lawsuit...
Working More than 40 Hours A Week? You May Be Entitled to Overtime
You may have heard in the news recently that The Labor Department just announced that it completed one of the most ambitious economic reforms of the Obama era, finalizing a new rule that will extend overtime protections to millions of additional workers. President...
WHAT TO DO WHEN FIDO IS A BAD DOG
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to everyone out there. I sincerely hope that you and yours had a good 2014 and that 2015 will be even better. With many of us home for the holidays, there is a lot of parties, guests over, and people we haven’t seen in a long time...
Police Brutality Jury Verdict in Favor of our Client for Nearly $37 million
A jury has awarded nearly $37 million to our client who was arrested for drunk driving and taken to the Genesee County jail where he was pepper-sprayed, hit with a stun gun and restrained face-down with a hood over his face. The verdict in favor of William Jennings...
“SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST DISINFECTANT”- WHY CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUITS ARE GOOD FOR AMERICA
Ferguson…. Garner… What the heck is going on in America? Police violence has been plastered all over our televisions lately in a way we haven’t seen since Rodney King. This week’s blog post is about police brutality and what you need to know. Sunlight is the best...