Kevin P. Moloughney and Ashley S. Dickey obtained a no cause verdict in a third-party automobile negligence action in the Macomb County Circuit Court, the Honorable Edward Servitto presiding. The jury determined that Plaintiff’s injury did not result in a serious impairment of body function. The Plaintiff contended that she suffered injuries to her head,…

Attorneys Ashley Dickey and Kari Melkonian won summary disposition in favor of an apartment complex and a management company in a slip-and-fall case. The court dismissed the plaintiff’s common-law and statutory premises-liability claims. It held that the premises-liability claim was barred under the open-and-obvious doctrine and that there was no breach of a statutory duty….

Lauren Frederick, Sam Mate, and Deborah Hebert obtained summary disposition in a high-exposure, catastrophic no-fault case. The named insured’s son renewed the insured’s auto policy just a few months before the accident. But he failed to tell the insurer that the named insured had died. Given these facts, the Washtenaw County Circuit Court held that…

Attorneys Kevin Moloughney and Kari Melkonian obtained summary disposition for a condominium association in Dearborn’s 19th District Court. The plaintiff sued the association to challenge fines and assessments levied against his unit. The Court held that the plaintiff couldn’t prove that he received insufficient notice or that the fines were improper. So it granted Kevin…

Attorneys Matthew S. LaBeau and Christopher T. Lang obtained summary disposition in the 15th District Court in Ann Arbor in a lawsuit for first-party, no-fault benefits. A non-emergency medical-transportation company claimed that it was entitled to reimbursement for services to an allegedly injured claimant. But the claimant previously settled her claim for benefits with the…