Event raises funds for attorneys needing help
Brighton Hospital and the State Bar of Michigan’s Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program will present an “Evening of Enlightenment: Supporting Wellness in the Legal Profession” on Thursday, April 28, at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
The banquet, scheduled from 6-9 p.m., is aimed at raising funds for the Richard L. Steinberg Memorial Treatment Fund, which was created to assist lawyers who are in need of mental health and/or substance use treatment.
To register online or download a printable registration form visit www.michbar.org/generalinfo.
For additional information, call 810. 220.5518.
Court won’t take case of boy’s broken wrist
JACKSON (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is skipping a dispute over a boy who broke his wrist when he fell off the shoulders of a Jackson recreation employee.
Lashanda Walker claims her son was thrown over his protests while participating in a Jackson recreation program in 2007. The boy, Christopher Evans, says he was playing with Dan Gribble, but his mother sued.
A Jackson County judge dismissed the case based on governmental immunity, a decision that was affirmed by the state appeals court in a 2-1 decision last year. The Michigan Supreme Court turned down an appeal last week, although Justice Diane Hathaway wanted to hear the case.
Appeals court Judge Stephen Borrello says a jury should have decided if the Jackson park employee was negligent.
Reports in stabbing case not yet available
FLINT (AP) — Lawyers considering an insanity defense in a string of fatal stabbings in the Flint area say they’re still waiting for a report from a mental-health expert.
Elias Abuelazam is facing separate trials in three slayings and six knife attacks in which the victims survived last summer. He has been examined by the prosecution’s mental-health expert, but a second exam arranged by the defense team is not finished, lawyer Brian Morley told a Genesee County judge last week Judge Judith Fullerton held a brief hearing and told both sides to return on May 26.
No trial dates have been set, although county Prosecutor David Leyton told The Associated Press that the first murder trial likely would involve one of the two cases with DNA evidence. Police say blood matching the DNA of Arnold Minor and Frank Kellybrew was found on Abuelazam’s shoelace or in his vehicle after his arrest last August.
Abuelazam was captured in Atlanta while trying to fly to Israel, his native country. Separately, he faces a charge of attempted murder in a similar knife attack in Toledo, Ohio.
Judge considering purple octopus case
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — A Walla Walla County Superior Court judge is deciding whether a purple octopus mural over a downtown Walla Walla toy store is art or a commercial sign.
The Union-Bulletin reports Judge Donald W. Schacht heard arguments recently in the lawsuit filed by Inland Octopus toy store owner Bob Catsiff. He’s trying to save his mural on constitutional grounds.
The city says the purple octopus is a violation of the sign code. A hearing examiner ruled against the store owner in November and the fine is growing at $100 a day.
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