Case Profiles - Archives 

  • February 2010 - Ulmer & Berne LLP Secures Victory for CBIZ, Inc. – Over $4 Million Jury Verdict - Ulmer & Berne LLP Secures Victory for CBIZ, Inc. – Over $4 Million Jury Verdict
    After several weeks in trial before the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Ulmer & Berne LLP lawyers Jeffrey S. Dunlap, Ronald H. Isroff and Reem Shalodi secured a major victory for CBIZ, Inc. One of the country’s leading providers of accounting and business services, CBIZ sued four accountants for violating their employment agreements. The accountants abruptly resigned from the company’s Minneapolis office, established a competing accounting firm, solicited CBIZ’s clients and employees and took CBIZ’s client lists and proprietary information.
  • August 2009 - Ulmer & Berne Prevails in Ohio Supreme Court Decision Court Defines Scope of ERAC Jurisdiction - Ulmer & Berne Prevails in Ohio Supreme Court Decision
    Representing an amicus curiae nonprofit environmental group, Ulmer & Berne LLP attorneys Robert J. Karl and Sherry L. Hesselbein recently prevailed in a significant decision before the Ohio Supreme Court regarding the scope of the jurisdiction of the Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC).
  • June 2009 - U&B Prevails in Family Trust Feud - U&B Prevails in Family Trust Feud
    Ulmer & Berne LLP attorneys Donald J. Mooney, Jr. and Pamela K. Ginsburg recently won a decision in the Ohio Supreme Court dismissing claims against their trust beneficiary clients in a feud arising from the sale of shares in a family business nearly 25 years ago.
  • June 2009 - Ulmer & Berne LLP Successfully Defends Major Insurance Company in Putative Class Action Case - Ulmer & Berne LLP Successfully Defends Major Insurance Company in Putative Class Action Case
    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has affirmed summary judgment for Ulmer & Berne LLP’s client, a major insurance company, in a putative class action regarding the company's handling of claims for medical payments benefits. Plaintiff John Werner sued the Firm’s client alleging that the company had breached the terms of its auto insurance policy by paying medical payments benefits (MedPay) directly to Werner's health insurance provider under a lien claimed by the health insurer. Werner alleged that the company's conduct amounted to bad faith.
  • June 2009 - Ulmer & Berne LLP Prevails – Federal Court Jury Finds National Bank Not Liable for Aiding and Abetting Ponzi Scheme - Ulmer & Berne LLP Prevails – Federal Court Jury Finds National Bank Not Liable for Aiding and Abetting Ponzi Scheme
    Ulmer & Berne LLP attorneys Frances Floriano Goins and Thomas L. Anastos recently obtained a jury verdict absolving a national bank client of liability for allegedly aiding and abetting a large-scale, Ponzi-type investment scheme. 
  • May 2009 - Ulmer & Berne LLP Prevails in a Multifaceted Arbitration - Ulmer & Berne LLP Prevails in a Multifaceted Arbitration
    Ulmer & Berne recently successfully defended a national brokerage firm in a multifaceted arbitration with a disgruntled former independent financial advisor.
  • November 2008 - Ulmer & Berne LLP Secures Victory for Hitachi – $3.2 Million - Ulmer & Berne LLP Secures Victory for Hitachi – $3.2 Million Jury Verdict
    After a three-day trial in the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio,
    Ulmer & Berne LLP partner Stephanie Dutchess Trudeau secured a major victory for
    Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. of Twinsburg, Ohio. The Firm’s client, which
    sells and services health care magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, sued
    Horizon Medical Group, Inc. of Sarasota, Florida and 12 related limited liability
    companies located in Florida, Georgia and Texas. Horizon manages the LLCs and the
    LLCs operate various MRI centers. The case involved a business dispute between the
    Firm’s client and Horizon and its entities.
  • November 2008 - Ulmer & Berne LLP Wins Ohio Supreme Court Case Protecting Suppliers, Distributors, and Installers of Products - Ulmer & Berne LLP Wins Ohio Supreme Court Case Protecting Suppliers, Distributors, and Installers of Products
    Ulmer & Berne LLP attorneys Bruce P. Mandel, Marvin L. Karp, and Max W. Thomas secured a major victory for suppliers, installers, and distributors in DiCenzo, et al. vs. A-Best Products Company, Inc., et al., following a multi-year battle over whether these type of companies can be sued in strict tort liability as if they were the manufacturer of the product in question. On October 22, 2008 the Ohio Supreme Court held, in DiCenzo, that its seminal decision in Temple v. Wean United, Inc. (1977), which for the first time held suppliers (non-manufacturers) liable in common law strict tort liability, could not be applied retroactively, or prior to the decision in Temple.1