Courtroom Success

Zeigler and Associates possesses the technical knowledge and experience to handle complex litigation and arbitration, while balancing an appreciation for the economics of litigation along with the stress on the participants.

Our courtroom successes include:

An Oakland County, Michigan Circuit Court Judge ruled in favor of our client, Charles L. Descamps Insurance Agency, Inc., and against a Nationwide Insurance Company representative, Diederich Insurance Agency, Inc. in their failed attempt to enforce a non-competition agreement against a former employee/sales representative of Diederich Insurance Agency, Inc. The Court, after trial, issued an opinion finding that the non-competition agreement was not enforceable. Case No. 2008-089497-CK (2008).

A Michigan District Court Judge entered a Judgment, after trial, that the Landlord could not enforce the rent obligation in a lease agreement against our client, the tenant, for the remainder of the lease term following a burglary because the Landlord had failed to notify the tenant that the apartment was repaired and safe to re-enter. Dart Properties, Inc. v. Stormer, 44th District Court, Case No. 09-90907-GC (2009).

Zeigler and Associates’ successes in cases before the National Labor Relations Board include:

Our Employer won its argument, after trial and on appeal before the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, DC, affirming that the Bargaining Unit as identified by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 539, did not include all of the employees that should have been included in the unit petitioned for by the Union. The full Board reversed the Regional Director of Region 7 of the NLRB in Detroit and included all of the employees in the retail grocery store as the appropriate unit of employees eligible to vote in an NLRB sponsored election. The employer ultimately won the single unit, store-wide secret ballot election.

Ashcraft’s Market, Inc. and UFCW, 246 N.L.R.B. 471; 1979 NLRB LEXIS 2023; 102 L.R.R.M. 1592; 1979-80 NLRB Dec. (CCH) P16, 522; 246 NLRB No. 68, November 15, 1979.

The very same issue was again won by our Employer over the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 20, after trial and on appeal before the National Labor Relations Board, in Washington, DC.

Great Day, Inc. and UFCW, 248 N.L.R.B. 527; 1980 NLRB LEXIS 673; 103 L.R.R.M. 1451; 1980 NLRB Dec. (CCH) P16, 864; 248 NLRB No. 79, March 17, 1980.

Our Settlement Negotiation Successes Include:

We successfully initiated a lawsuit and then negotiated the receipt of the full value of the interest of a 40% minority shareholder in an over the road trucking company for about $750,000.00.

$0.00 was the amount our client paid to settle a lawsuit in the failed attempt to enforce a letter of intent for the sale of a golf course in Lapeer County.