Congratulations to Justin Gonzales for his recent appointment as Vice Chair of the Veterans Law Committee of the Oakland County Bar Association!
Cardelli Lanfear News
Attorneys Jason Newman and Anthony Caffrey had appellate success recently when the Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court jury verdict in our client’s favor as being supported by the evidence and denying opponents’ request for directed verdict in their favor and/or a new trial. Great work!
CL Partners Carl Lanfear and Michael Smith along with Anthony Caffrey recently settled an indemnity case where they recovered $1.55 million for the client. The client settled the underlying personal injury claim but maintained that another company was liable for the settlement and defense costs due to an indemnity provision in the parties’ equipment rental […]
Anthony Caffrey and Thomas Cardelli report a major victory in Faran v Lapan, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 10458 * | 2023 FED App. 0201N (6th Cir.) | 2023 WL 3151093. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the well-written opinion of Judge George Caram Steeh granting a motion to dismiss the case based on […]
On trial for his 163rd jury trial, Thomas Cardelli successfully defended cable giant Frontier Communications in Muskegon County Circuit Court. Plaintiffs had rejected a $600,000 mediation, forcing a trial regarding the high-speed vehicle collision. The jury returned a unanimous verdict finding no negligence by Frontier and its employee. Thomas Cardelli is the founder of Cardelli […]
Introduction – A Clean Slate for Past Convictions Effective April 11, 2021, the Michigan legislature in conjunction with the Governor enacted legislation to afford Michiganders the opportunity to expunge criminal convictions from their record if they have demonstrated good behavior in the time since said convictions were entered, including not being convicted of subsequent crimes. […]
No reasonable person would contest that 2020 was a year full of changes from the “normal” way of living. It was no different for attorneys litigating matters. There were numerous changes to litigation that were, at first, new to us. However, as the year reached its conclusion, it became apparent that not every change in […]
As Michigan emerges from lockdown, we are beginning to have increased court rulings on pending motions and appeals. We are pleased to report two favorable decisions on cases involving temporary employment. In both cases, Cardelli Lanfear represented labor brokers who placed employees for work at a customer’s location. In Banda-Taveras v Elwood Staffing Agency, the […]
Where a Plaintiff files a bankruptcy action and later files a personal injury lawsuit based on a pre-bankruptcy incident, the failure to disclose the personal injury claim on the bankruptcy petition will preclude the personal injury lawsuit based upon the defense of Judicial Estoppel. In Hernandez v. Atlas Roofing Company, the trial court granted ruled […]
Cardelli Lanfear has won a significant litigation victory as counsel for an expert witness who was fighting an overbroad subpoena seeking to obtain records from his expert witness services in other cases as well as broad financial information. A motion to strike the subpoena was completely granted in Wayne County Circuit Court. Cardelli Lanfear is […]
