Pending Cases

Kohchise Jackson, is suing jail and prison health care providers, alleging they postponed or refused to perform a surgery to reverse his colostomy so they would not have to pay for it.

MDHHS to Develop New NGRI Protocols Lansing, MI – Disability Rights Michigan and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) reached an Interim Settlement Agreement in a lawsuit, restoring the rights of individuals deemed not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI).

Ann Arbor – In a 76-page decision, Federal District Court Judge Borman has ruled that a lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), filed by Ann Arbor attorneys Laurence H. Margolis and James Gallagher, and later joined by Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS), can proceed, despite several motions filed […]

Products Liability: Margolis & Gallagher Law pursues products-liability claim against Medtronic makers of defective hernia mesh Our client went to the hospital for a routine hernia repair. Doctors repaired her hernia with Parietex mesh, manufactured and distributed by Medtronic and its subsidiary, Covidien. Less than a year after the surgery, the mesh developed a hole, […]

Motor Vehicle Negligence: Margolis & Gallagher Law seeks compensation for 12-year-old girl injured in off-road-vehicle accident Our client’s 12-year-old daughter was seriously injured when the off-road vehicle she was riding on flipped, pinning her to the ground. The ORV’s owner had permitted the driver to use the vehicle even though she had consumed a significant […]

Civil Rights: Margolis & Gallagher Law pursues constitutional claims on behalf of patients illegally confined to Michigan state mental hospitals Two men, diagnosed schizophrenic, were committed to the same state psychiatric hospital in Wayne County after being found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) on separate assault charges. Although neither man was violent after […]