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Personal injury and civil rights law firm Moss & Colella P.C. is pleased to announce that attorney Kimberly Steinberg Goodman has joined the firm. Since her admission to the State Bar of Michigan, Kimberly has devoted her career to helping victims of personal injury to navigate the legal system to obtain justice. From the initial interview through the appellate process, she devotes the utmost care and attention to every case to obtain the most favorable result for her clients. Everyone please give a warm welcome to Kimberly! ?? https://lnkd.in/gs85A9Vw

Personal injury and civil rights law firm Moss & Colella, P.C., is pleased to announce it has been designated as a tier-one law firm by Best Lawyers? in the 15th edition of the United States Best Law Firms?. ???? Celebrating over 25 years, Moss & Colella represents the victims of personal injury, civil rights violations, discrimination, medical malpractice and wrongful death. The firm is recognized as a leader in complex tort litigation, including excess and deadly force, jail death, sexual abuse and harassment, auto and truck accidents, motorcycle accidents and other severe injury and wrongful death claims. To learn more about the firm and its diverse areas of practice, visit www.mosscolella.com

Personal injury and civil rights law firm Moss & Colella is pleased to announce that firm co-founders A. Vince Colella and David Moss have been named 2025 DBusiness Top Lawyers. DBusiness magazine’s annual peer review survey polled certified attorneys throughout metro Detroit to find and honor excellence in 53 practice areas. Inclusion on this exclusive list is based solely upon the number of votes received and cannot be purchased. Both attorneys were selected in the personal injury category. Congratulations to you both! ????

Personal Injury Law Firm in Southfield is looking to add a legal secretary to support our senior attorneys and partners. Please send all resumes to [email protected]

Today, Moss & Colella celebrates 27 years of representing clients in Personal Injury and Civil Rights cases! Our legal team is passionate about fighting for those who have suffered from personal injury and wrongful death. When you choose Moss & Colella, P.C., you'll get a team who will do what it takes to get you the compensation you deserve. #michiganlawyers?#pilawyers?#michiganinjury?#michigancivilrights?#michiganlawfirm

Please join us in congratulating firm founders A. Vince Colella and David Moss for being included on the 2025 Best Lawyers list! Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gqMMDBEg #civilrights #personalinjury #litigation

Cheers to the Super Lawyers awardees from Moss & Colella, P.C.: David Moss, A. Vince Colella and Matthew McCann. Read about their accomplishments here. https://lnkd.in/e4pYsyiZ #personalinjurylaw #civilrightslaw

In Doe v Alpena Public School District, the Michigan Supreme Court last month issued a decision further insulating schools from responsibility for student-on-student sexual harassment and other inappropriate conduct.? The student, Doe, was repeatedly touched in a sexually inappropriate manner by another student.?Despite notice of the offenses to the school district, and the school district's assurances of preventive, the incidents continued. Before the Michigan Supreme Court was the issue of whether Michigan Eliot Larsen Civil Rights Act (“ELCRA”) provides for a claim against a school district for a hostile educational environment stemming from student on student sexual harassment.?One potential basis for this liability would be the doctrine of in loco parentis. Latin for “in the place of the parent,”?it treats school administrators as standing in the place of students’ parents when the parents cannot protect, guide, and discipline them. The majority found the in loco parentis doctrine inapplicable. Instead, it found applicable hostile-work-environment claims criteria.?One of the requirements for such liability is respondeat superior, i.e., an employer is generally liable for the torts its employees commit within the scope of their employment.?Because the offending student was not an employee, the school district could not possibly have been liable. In his dissent, Judge Bernstein advocated for replacing the respondeat superior element of an ELCRA hostile environment claim with in loco parentis to modify it for application in educational context.?This was the approach taken by the Court of Appeals, below.?Schools arguably exercise even more control over conduct of students than employer over employee. While there is no mention of sovereign immunity, its presence loomed large in the background.?Immunity is not a defense to an ELCRA claim.?However, school districts and their employees are immune from negligence suits in cases as they were not the immediate efficient direct cause preceding the injury – the offending student was. Ultimately, the state of the law in Michigan is that there is little to no recourse against a school district for sexual or other violence which occurs while students are in the school district’s care and custody.?It’s a harsh truth. A possible bright spot is federal law. The Sixth Circuit has held that Title IX supports a claim for student-on-student sexual harassment against the school district. The plaintiff's burden is significant, but not insurmountable Moss & Colella, P.C. has been at the forefront of civil rights litigation in Michigan for more than 20 years, with our experienced attorneys handling all types of civil rights cases in Detroit, throughout Michigan, and selected cases across the country. ? This is the fifth post in what is a regular series focusing on civil rights decisions of significance from the Michigan State Courts. #civilrights #sexualharassment #michigan

Attorney A. Vince Colella is featured on Wood TV8 to discuss Civil Rights in a fleeing and eluding case after the Michigan Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a man who was previously found guilty of fleeing from Kalamazoo police officers. Colella sheds light on the fact that this ruling means that police should set higher standards for what they consider reasonable suspicion. https://lnkd.in/grimZrcV https://lnkd.in/gQgvG2RD

Timely article with insights from A. Vince Colella of Moss & Colella, P.C. on safety issues associated with carnival rides and how they are - or are not - covered by state regulations. https://lnkd.in/e7yr9aHs #personalinjurylaw #carnivalrides #safetyregulations #recreationalwaivers