Dingeman & Dancer, PLC obtained a $5 million judgment for the wrongful death of Charles Cuykendall in Missaukee County, Michigan. Charles Cuykendall was killed at the home of Donald Staats. Staats shot Cuykendall in the head with a Dan Wesson .44 Caliber handgun, killing him instantly. Staats was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the criminal…
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Traverse City, November 6, 2013 – Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson has received a Tier 1 ranking from Best Lawyers®, the recognized guide to legal excellence in the United States for more than 30 years. The ranking is achieved from feedback from clients and peers as well as information obtained from the firm. Best Lawyers, in…
Traverse City, August 15, 2013– For the fourth year in a row, James Christopherson of Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty area of Arbitration and Mediation. Less than one percent of practicing attorneys nationwide receive this award in any year. Best Lawyers has…
The family of an 86-year-old local senior care facility resident received a $1.75 million confidential settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged neglectful care at a Northern Michigan senior care facility over the course of several months in 2010 and 2011 when staff at the facility failed to properly care for and protect…
TRAVERSE CITY, MI — Life has become a lot more challenging for Theresa Hall. Since receiving a contaminated steroid injection last September, Hall has been in and out of the hospital, battling Fungal Meningitis. “My life, as I knew it, went straight down the tubes,” says Theresa. “My medications alone are $12,000 a month…its like…
TRAVERSE CITY — Two northern Michigan women who became seriously ill from contaminated steroid injections are suing the medication’s manufacturer. And 34 more area residents may file similar lawsuits in the coming months. Contaminated steroid injections are suspected in the deaths of at least nine Michiganders and 243 cases of meningitis throughout the state. Court…
Traverse City, January 25, 2013 – Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson has filed two cases on behalf of clients in federal court, Briggs v. New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. et al, 1:12-cv-01363-PLM (Western District of Michigan) and Smoot v. New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc., et al.; 1:12-cv-01367 (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan)….
Rose Hollander, paralegal with Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson, PLC, won her bid for election for Trustee on the Village of Suttons Bay Council. Rose has been a resident of the Village since 1989, and had previously served as the Chairman of the Planning Commission. She has worked for Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson since 2009, where…
For the third year in a row, James Christopherson of Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty area of Arbitration and Mediation. Less than one percent of practicing attorneys nationwide receive this award in any year. Best Lawyers has been regarded by both the…
James Christopherson of Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson has recently been selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty area of Arbitration and Mediation. For over a quarter of a century, Best Lawyers has been regarded by both the profession and the public as the definitive guide to…