Melvin Mouron Belli was known affectionately by trial lawyers on the side of People as “The King of Torts.” He had many celebrity clients and infamous ones like Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was…
Michigan State University is less than 2 miles from my home. I had been a faithful and loyal sports fan for 30 years until reading Matt Mencarini’s Lansing State Journal article entitled “They Just Didn’t Listen” on Sunday morning, December 18, 2016. I still support…
For folks in Michigan, this Saturday is the game of the year. Whether you bleed blue or green or fall somewhere in between, Saturday’s Michigan vs. Michigan State football game in Ann Arbor is sure to draw a crowd of more than 100,000 fans. However,…
I fully and without reservation retract the statements I made in an article that appeared in The Legal Examiner and on my law firm’s blog on December 20, 2016 regarding medical care provided by Enrique Criado, MD, Chief of Vascular Surgery for MidMichigan Health, at…
I have been a member of the Sparrow Michigan Athletic Club (MAC) since it opened over 25 years ago. It is the premier health club in the State of Michigan. In fact, outside of the East Bank Club in Chicago, which has a population of…
In civil litigation, alleged victims outline sexual penetration disguised as treatment. While there are treatments that involve intravaginal manipulation, the American Osteopathic Academy describes those as “rare.” In those rare instances when the procedure is used, Dr. Mark Cantieri of the Indiana Osteopathic Association listed…
So far today, 2 former Penn State University administrators pleaded guilty to child endangerment. Ex-Athletic Director Tim Curley and former University Vice President Gary Schultz. They along with former President Graham Spanier were scheduled for a criminal trial next week, with jury selection to begin…
Michigan State’s football team in 2013 was praised for its “No Fly Zone” defense, but before that, in 2004 former MSU doctor Nassar wrote a chapter of a textbook about sports medicine where he described a patient’s sensitive area as the “no fly zone.” Alexandra…
“Could Lawrence Nassar have been prevented from assaulting dozens of athletes?” -Lauren Green, Sports Illustrated, March 3, 2017 The answer is “yes,” it’s not even debatable. At the request of the Indianapolis Star, a judge released more than 5,600 pages last Friday detailing how USA…
As more and more former patients of Larry Nassar step forward with stories that, by now, are all too familiar, Michigan State University finds itself facing maybe the most important question in its 162 year history: https://mobile.twitter.com/cate_hannum/status/832445024918974464/photo/1…