One of the newest fads to hit the market place is the fidget spinner. It’s the palm sized three-eared triangular device with ball bearings that can be spun quickly when held between the thumb and index finger. They are promoted to relieve stress, enable children with attention problems to better focus on tasks, and provide...

In a Per Curium unpublished opinion dated August 9, 2016, an intermediate appellate court in Michigan overruled a trial judge’s grant of summary judgment based on a waiver of subrogation but affirmed the ruling that the plaintiff had not plead sufficient facts of gross negligence to state a claim. The subrogated claim involved an alleged...

Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services, Inc., the art warehousing subsidiary of the leading auctioneer company, Christie’s, has succeeded in obtaining a dismissal of negligence and breach of contract claims asserted by the property insurer of a trust which owned the extensive art collection of a deceased wealthy member of the Rothschild banking family. The art...