http://www.deanelliotplc.com Learn more about what’s new and important at Law Offices of Dean Elliot PLC of Royal Oak, MI. https://cdn.websites.hibu.com/c2557e4e9abf4feaa807f20fac73b611/dms3rep/multi/blog-800x800.png http://www.deanelliotplc.com http://www.deanelliotplc.com/post-title2d7af4d87 <h3> Recent cases </h3> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <!--StartFragment--> </p> <div> <div> <div> Below we've included some examples of cases we've handled for our clients and their outcomes. Please contact the Law Office of Dean Elliott PLC to discuss your case today by calling <a href="tel:+12482510001"> 248-251-0001 </a> . </div> </div> <div> <div> • Worthy v. Performance </div> <div> Practice Area: Employment &amp; Labor </div> <div> Date: Apr 04, 2014 </div> <div> Outcome: $1,251,000 judgment </div> <div> Description: </div> <div> We obtained a $1,251,000 verdict in employment discrimination case for a warehouse worker who was subjected to vile racially derogatory comments while at work and was ultimately fired for complaining. <br/> <br/> <!--StartFragment--> • Doe v. <!--EndFragment--> Doe <!--EndFragment--> <br/> Practice Area: Construction injury <br/> <!--StartFragment--> Description: <!--EndFragment--> <br/> I secured a $2,900,000 settlement for workers injured at a construction site. <br/> <br/> <!--StartFragment--> • Doe v. <!--EndFragment--> Doe <br/> Practice Area: Defamation and False Light <br/> <!--EndFragment--> <!--StartFragment--> Description: <!--EndFragment--> <br/> <div> I secured a $500,000 settlement from a national news television network for the unauthorized use of a persons image that was portrayed in a manner to make her look like a radical Islamic terrorist. <br/> <br/> <!--StartFragment--> • Doe v. Doe <br/> Practice Area: Civil Rights <br/> Description: <br/> I obtained a settlement of $775,000 for a Jail Suicide. <!--EndFragment--> <br/> <br/> <!--StartFragment--> • CPI Construction v. City of Hamtramck <br/> Practice Area: Contract Litigation <br/> <!--StartFragment--> Description: <!--EndFragment--> <br/> The City wrongfully terminated a sewer contractor. I enforced the contract and secured a settlement to compensate the company for the breach. <!--EndFragment--> <br/> <br/> </div> <div> • McCarty v. Gatz, </div> <div> Practice Area: Civil Rights </div> <div> Date: Jan 01, 2009 </div> <div> Outcome: 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49793, 1-2 (E. D. Mich. June 15, 2009) </div> <div> Description: </div> <div> Gary McCarty was shot and killed by police officers after a chase through Clinton Township and Mt. Clemens. The parties entered into a confidential settlement. </div> <!--EndFragment--> <br/> </div> <div> • Grawey v. Clare County Deputy Brad Davis, and Clare City Police Officers </div> <div> Practice Area: Civil Rights </div> <div> Date: Jan 01, 2009 </div> <div> Outcome: 567 F.3d 302, 315-316 (6th Cir. 2009) </div> <div> Description: </div> <div> Plaintiff Grawey was a victim of police misconduct in Clare County. The case was appealed to the Sixth Circuit which issued a published opinion holding that the officers were not entitled to qualified immunity. I was able to obtain a confidential settlement. </div> <div> </div> <div> • Doe v. Detroit Pub. Schools </div> <div> Practice Area: Employment &amp; Labor </div> <div> Date: Aug 21, 2014 </div> <div> Outcome: 2014 Mich. App. LEXIS 1549 (Mich. Ct. App. Aug. 21, 2014) </div> <div> Description: </div> <div> Teacher was fired for allegedly calling students racially derogatory names. I won her teacher tenure appeal and got her reinstated with full back pay. The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed her reinstatement. <br/> <br/> </div> <div> • McCarty v. Gatz, </div> <div> Practice Area: Civil Rights </div> <div> Date: Jan 01, 2009 </div> <div> Outcome: 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49793, 1-2 (E. D. Mich. June 15, 2009) </div> <div> Description: </div> <div> Gary McCarty was shot and killed by police officers after a chase through Clinton Township and Mt. Clemens. The parties entered into a confidential settlement. </div> <div> </div> <div> • Latits v. Phillips </div> <div> Practice Area: Civil Rights </div> <div> Date: Sep 01, 2010 </div> <div> Outcome: 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 15657, 2-3 (6th Cir. Mich. 2014) </div> <div> Description: </div> <div> Mr. Latits was shot and killed at the end of a police chase. The case was just remanded to the trial court after the Sixth Circuit dismissed the officers qualified immunity appeal for lack of jurisdiction and found the appeal was frivolous. </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <!--EndFragment--> <br/> <p> </p> </div> Fri, 26 May 2017 13:56:49 GMT 7016413880 http://www.deanelliotplc.com/post-title2d7af4d87