Tom Foley was a featured speaker at the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) annual Products Liability Conference held at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. on February 9th. His speech was titled, “Vital Statistics – Understanding Epidemiology.” Nearly 1200 lawyers from across the country that defend businesses in products liability matters attended the event. The DRI is the national organization of defense trial lawyers and corporate counsel. For more information on the DRI, the “Voice of the Defense Bar,” visit www.dri.org.
January 2006
Thomas Foley Speaks at the Defense Research Institute’s Products Liability Conference
Tom Foley was a featured speaker at the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) annual Products Liability Conference held at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. on February 9th. His speech was titled, “Vital Statistics – Understanding Epidemiology.” Nearly 1200 lawyers from across the country that defend businesses in products liability matters
October 2005
FBM Employees Brighten the Holidays for Local Families
Holiday spirit and generosity were alive and well this year at Foley, Baron & Metzger (FBM) where employees worked to brighten the Christmas of two needy local families. Staff at both the Ann Arbor and Farmington Hills offices of FBM shopped for their “adopted” families provided through the SOS Community
May 2005
Foley, Baron & Metzger Donates Money To Help Hurricane Katrina Victims
To help assist victims of Hurricane Katrina, firm members Tom Foley, Richard Baron and Clyde Metzger, along with their colleagues, have donated $4,770 to the American Red Cross. “It is important to all of us at Foley, Baron & Metzger to do what we can to help improve the unfortunate circumstances
April 2005
Clyde M. Metzger and Judy A. Sherman Win Emergency Medicine Malpractice Trial
Clyde M. Metzger and Judy A. Sherman recently won a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case in the Calhoun County (Michigan) Circuit Court. The case involved allegations that the Defendant emergency physician failed to administer the clot busting drug tPA (tissue plasminogen activator) to a stroke patient or make a timely transfer
March 2005
Kim J. Sveska Wins Pharmacy Malpractice Trial
Kim J. Sveska recently won a defense verdict in a wrongful death medical malpractice case in the Macomb County (Michigan) Circuit Court. The case involved allegations that the Defendant pharmacist failed to properly counsel the Plaintiff on the correct use of a concentrated form of a self-administered drug. The jury deliberated
February 2005
Clyde M. Metzger Presents at ICLE’s 11th Annual Health Law Institute
Clyde M. Metzger recently presented at the 11th Annual Health Law Institute (March 2005), co-sponsored by the Health Care Law Section of the Michigan State Bar and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Metzger’s presentation topic was “The Med-Mal Crisis and Tort Reform.”
January 2005
Tom Foley Speaks at IADC Meeting
Tom Foley recently spoke at the International Association of Defense Counsel’s (IADC) 2005 Midyear Meeting in Puerto Rico on the “Anatomy of a PPA Trial,” where he presented lessons learned from pre- and post-verdict jury research. Foley is Vice-Chair of the IADC Drug, Device & Biotechnology Litigation committee.
September 2004
Foley, Baron & Metzger Attorney Publishes Article
Tom Foley has recently published “State High Court Strikes Latest Blow Against Tort Reform Nullification” in the Washington Legal Foundation’s Counsel’s Advisory. The paper reports on recent failed efforts by the Plaintiffs bar to challenge the constitutionality of key aspects of Michigan’s precedent-setting tort reform. Please click here to view