Gov. Snyder signs sex offender license and bowling bills
LANSING (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed three bills making it easier to permanently revoke the licenses of health care professionals who commit criminal sexual conduct, and a fourth measure protecting bowling alleys whose customers fall while wearing bowling shoes outside.
Snyder’s office says he signed the bills Tuesday.
One bill allows for the permanent license or registration revocation for health care professionals convicted of first-, second- or third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Another lets offenders seek reinstatement only if their convictions are for fourth-degree offenses or for intent to commit criminal sexual conduct.
A third bill allows permanent loss of permission to practice if the offense occurred while the perpetrator was on the job when the offense occurred.
The bowling alley law protects against lawsuits when patrons wear bowling shoes outside.
Armenian American Bar Association of Michigan holds event
The Armenian American Bar Association of Michigan (AABA), is holding a event for all lawyers at Gemmayze Restaurant in Royal Oak on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. All lawyers and law students (with law school ID) are invited to attend. Cost is $20 at the door; $15 for paid AABA members. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Cash bar. For additional information and to register, call Diane Margosian Paulsen at 248-420-8765 or dmp@paulsenlawoffice.com.
MAJ to host MedMal Seminar Dec. 2 in Novi
The Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) will present its MedMal Seminar for MAJ plaintiff members only on, Friday, Dec. 2, beginning 8:30 a.m. at Baronette Renaissance in Novi. Cost for MAJ Plaintiff Members is $155; MAJ Sustaining Members pay $65. An optional hard copy handbook costs $50. Those registering at the door will pay an additional $20. Tuition includes seminar, food and beverages and digital seminar handbook material. Contact MAJ for information or to register at 517-321-3073 or www.michiganjustice.org.
$2M awarded in man’s death at nursing home
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — A jury has awarded $2.35 million to the estate of a 56-year-old man who died after choking on a meatball at a Detroit-area nursing home.
The Macomb County jury decided Tuesday afternoon that Sava Senior Care Inc. was negligent in the death of Walter Polomski in March 2008. Sava operated the Nightingale Nursing Center in Warren.
The Macomb Daily reports the victim’s 62-year-old brother was near tears moments after the verdict was announced in Mount Clemens.
Richard Polomski of Sterling Heights says he's “ecstatic,” because he “got to find out what exactly happened” to his brother.
Sava attorney Raymond Watts Jr. declined comment.
The jury awarded $1.5 million for pain and suffering, $750,000 for the family’s past “loss of society and companionship” and $100,000 for future loss of companionship.
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