Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Timothy Mullins, attorney for Birmingham Public Schools, says the lawsuit filed in November by two Derby Middle School parents lacks merit.
A lawsuit currently facing Birmingham Public Schools over overcharged student fees returns to the courtroom on Wednesday. The school district is currently being sued by Troy residents and parents of a Derby Middle School 6th grader, John and Laurie Kelly, both of whom allege the district is breaking state law by requiring parents to pay for various required workbooks, textbooks, locks and gym uniforms. And on Wednesday, the Kellys and their attorney, Mark Wasvary, will appear before Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michael Warren for a hearing to determine whether the trio will have more time to give the lawsuit a class action certification. The lawsuit stems from Birmingham Public Schools' policies requiring middle school students to …
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Attorney Robert Davis says a high court appeal is under consideration.
After the recent denial of their appeal to an appellate court ruling, the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the sale of a Farmington Public Schools building to the Islamic Cultural Association (ICA) may take their case to the state's highest court. In an email to Farmington-Farmington Hills Patch, attorney Robert Davis said plaintiffs are looking at asking the Michigan Supreme Court to hear the case. "At the same time," he wrote, "we are continuing to oppose local zoning approvals." Davis represents Eugene Greenstein of Farmington Hills and Melvin Sternfeld of West Bloomfield, who last year sued Farmington Public Schools over the sale. The former Eagle Elementary School building on 14 Mile Road west of Middlebelt Road was sold in November to …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Yesterday's oral arguments in the Michigan Court of Appeals lasted just about 20 minutes, Farmington Schools assistant superintendent David Ruhland said.
Farmington Public Schools and the residents suing the district over the sale of the Eagle Elementary School property may know as soon as early October whether a circuit court ruling that dismissed the case will be upheld. The Michigan Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case yesterday morning. Farmington Schools Assistant Supt. David Ruhland attended. "There honestly isn't too much to share," he said. "The oral arguments only lasted a total of 20 minutes." Ruhland said the judges "made it very clear that they were famliar with the briefs that had been filed and understood the facts of the case, and that this was a single issue case, and that was whether or not the plaintiffs had standing." Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Rae …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Michigan Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments at 10 a.m.
Attorneys representing Farmington Schools and residents Eugene Greenstein and Melvin Sternfeld will be back in court Wednesday morning, over the controversial sale of Eagle Elementary School to the Islamic Cultural Association. Greenstein and Sternfeld asked the Michigan Court of Appeals to review the case, after Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Rae Lee Chabot dismissed the case, ruling the two did not demonstrate they would be harmed by sale of the closed building. The suit alleges that retired FPS director of operational services Cheryl Cannon misled Sternfeld when she said that Eagle was not for sale and represented the building as scheduled for demolition, even after the ICA offer. The plaintiffs claimed they would be negatively …
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Technologically advanced traffic signals which aid the blind and people with disabilities could come to roundabouts as part of the Northwestern Connector project, per the settlement.
Oakland County roads officials agreed to seek approval to install technologically advanced traffic signals at a West Bloomfield roundabout as a result of settlement of a lawsuit contending that pedestrians with disabilities are at danger without such devices. Attorney Richard Bernstein, who lives in Birmingham and has offices in Farmington Hills, contended in the lawsuit that blind and disabled pedestrians were at danger. The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) on Thursday agreed with Bernstein, and said it would seek approval from state and federal traffic organizations on installing High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) beacons at the roundabout at the intersection of 14 Mile and Farmington roads. The move could lead to the …
Courteney Gettel
6:16 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Just a little update...from what I read on the Oakland County website, the motion for more time to turn this into a class action has been granted. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? I wonder what happened today to convince the judge that these people (and I use that word politely) needed more time. They have had 2 months to get more people in on this ridiculous suit. Sometimes you just have to shake your head… more ›