http://www.leadersinlaw.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:25:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Friday, July 23, 2010, around 10 a.m., a Cessna airplane crashed off the coast of Ludington, Michigan. The crash was reported by Ludington Air Control and was apparently witnessed by a fishing boat miles off the coast. Indications are that the flight developed problems maybe a third of the ... http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/07/small-cessna-medical-flight-crashes-in-lake-michigan/ Attorney Bonnie Sawusch is now a representative on the State Court Administrative Office’s (SCAO) Case Evaluation and Mediation Study Advisory Committee.  Over the next year, the SCAO will be conducting a study of trial court civil case evaluation and mediation practices at the request of the Michigan Supreme Court which, ... http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/06/michigan-supreme-court-administrative-office%e2%80%99s-advisory-committee-to-study-case-evaluation-and-mediation/ In May of 2010, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm re-appointed Attorney Thomas J. Wuori, partner at Halpert Weston Wuori & Sawusch, P.C. to another term on the Michigan Board of Counseling.  During his prior term, and currently, he is the Chair of the Disciplinary Subcommittee and was a member of the ... http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/05/thomas-j-wuori-re-appointed-by-michigan-governor-granholm-to-michigan-board-of-counseling/ The Wayne County Office of Recipient Rights invited Bonnie Y. Sawusch to speak on June 30, 2010, in Detroit Michigan.  The conference covered investigating, collecting and analyzing evidence.  http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/05/wayne-county-office-of-recipient-rights/ On May 13, 2010, Bonnie Y. Sawusch was an invited panel member and speaker at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Professionalism & Civility Seminar.  The conference was the final offering in ICLE’s Litigation Bootcamp Series for Michigan attorneys just beginning their litigation careers. http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/05/bonnie-y-sawusch-was-panel-member-and-speaker-for-icles-professionalism-civility-seminar/ Bonnie Y. Sawusch and Steven H. Weston were invited to speak at the annual convention of the Michigan Council for Nurse Practitioners on May 1, 2010, in Grand Rapids, MI.  The topic of their presentation was "Protecting Yourself from Malpractice - Nurses on Trial."  http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/04/protecting-yourself-from-malpractice-nurses-on-trial/ On March 31, 2010, Bonnie Y. Sawusch spoke to the Oakland and Macomb Counties Community Mental Health Departments.  The topic of her presentation was "Evidence Analysis."  The participants were provided with practical information to assist them in the gathering and analyzing of evidence necessary to investigate complaints of Recipient Rights violations. http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/04/evidence-analysis/ As a leading cause of disability among young adults and children, Traumatic Brain Injury has been referred to as a “silent epidemic” by the National Head Injury Foundation.  Up to an estimated 1.4 Million people every year suffer traumatic brain injury.  Exact numbers are not known because many persons who ... http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/02/delayed-discovery-of-mild-tb/ Effective January 26, 2010, the United States government has banned the use of hand-held texting by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses.  www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot1410.htm A similar ban was implemented in December 2009 for drivers of all federal government vehicles.  The prohibition is the latest in a series of actions taken by ... http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/01/u-s-bans-text-by-drivers-of-large-commercial-trucks-and-buses/ A Rockford, Michigan man whose trailer came unhooked and killed an oncoming driver is now facing criminal charges.  Trailer Puller Charged in Driver Death. On October 28, 2009, a van was pulling a utility trailer in Cannon Township.  The trailer came loose and hit an oncoming car’s windshield, killing the driver ... http://www.leadersinlaw.com/2010/01/trailer-puller-charged-in-driver-death/