Michigan First Verdict Among 2009′s Largest

The January 11, 2010 edition of Lawyers Weekly reports that the verdict in Michigan First Credit Union v. Cumis Insurance Society was the state’s sixth highest in 2009.  As reported earlier, the jury awarded our client, Michigan First Credit Union, $5,050,000 in damages against its insurer Cumis.  Then the court tacked on another $2,730,415 in penalty interest.  This was a tough battle against one of Chicago’s leading insurance law firms.  But I like to think we were at least as well prepared and competent.  With the assistance of state-of-the art electronic trial presentation tools, the jury was able to learn a crash course in credit, finance, and insurance bonds.  Ultimately, the jury rewarded us by giving us everything we asked for.