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Fieger Law Addresses Lawsuits Against Hutchison Funeral Home

Live Facebook Stream | Sep 30, 2026

Today at Fieger Law, President and CEO James Harrington and Senior Trial Attorney Gary N. Felty Jr. addressed the lawsuits involving Hutchison Funeral Home.

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Two families sue Detroit funeral home over alleged body mix-up, cremation error

ClickOnDetroit Local 4 | Sep 30, 2026

Fieger Law filed two lawsuits in Wayne County Circuit Court on behalf of the families of Kimberly Moore and Sandra Miller against Hutchison Funeral Home, owner Jaimie Hutchison, and Michigan Cremation Services.

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Fieger Law to hold press conference on Detroit home mix-up

Detroit Free Press | Sep 30, 2026

Fieger Law has been retained on behalf of the family who came forward saying their relative had been cremated by mistake at Hutchison Funeral Home.

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Hutchison Funeral Home in Detroit accused of negligence after cremation mix-up

FOX 2 DETROIT | Sep 30, 2026

Two lawsuits were filed in Wayne County Circuit Court by the Fieger law firm.

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2 families sue Detroit funeral home, allege loved ones’ bodies were mixed up

CBS News | Sep 30, 2026

Fieger Law has filed civil litigation in Wayne County Circuit Court on behalf of two families whose loved ones were mixed up amid arrangements at a Detroit funeral home.

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INSIDE THE NEXT CHAPTER OF FIEGER LAW

Live In The D | Sep 28, 2026

Fieger Law is entering a new chapter. President and CEO of the firm, James Harrington, tells Live in the D about his approach to the law, leadership, and life outside of the courtroom.

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Once a Fieger mentee, James Harrington now leads law firm

The Detroit News | Aug 31, 2026

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This Lawyer is Stepping Up as Legal Star Fieger Continues Stroke Rehab

The Detroit News | Aug 29, 2026

As legendary attorney Geoffrey Fieger continues rehabilitation after suffering a debilitating stroke more than three years ago, his longtime mentee and partner is stepping up to lead the growing Metro Detroit firm that Fieger founded decades ago.

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Fieger Law’s new owner charts future without firebrand namesake

Crain's Detroit Business | Aug 26, 2026

Harrington has spent nearly his entire career at Fieger Law, founded 70 years ago by Bernard Fieger and grown into a household name by his son Geoffrey, who became a courtroom star after successfully defending assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the mid-1990s.

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Oxford Center Safety Director Pleads No Contest in Fatal Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion

ClickOnDetroit Local 4 | Jul 21, 2026

James Harrington, an attorney with Fieger Law, said his team is closely monitoring the criminal proceedings.

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Fieger Law Representing Families After Patient Death, Multiple Illnesses at Novi DaVita Dialysis Center

ClickOnDetroit Local 4 | Jun 25, 2026

One patient recently receiving treatment found dead, multiple other patients report illnesses.

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Ex-Warren Cop Found Not Guilty of Manslaughter After 2024 Crash Killed 2 Men

WXYZ Detroit | Jun 11, 2026

Both families have filed civil lawsuits and will be represented by Fieger Law.

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Officers testify about deadly 2024 crash in Warren officer James Burke manslaughter trial

WXYZ Detroit | Jun 3, 2026

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Manslaughter Trial Begins for Warren Officer in 2024 Crash that Killed Two

WXYZ Detroit | Jun 1, 2026

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Ex-Detroit cop charged in serial rapes avoided abuse charges involving child in 2017

WXYZ Detroit | May 18, 2026

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Use of force, taser policies differ among UP police agencies targeted in death lawsuit

My UP Now | Jan 19, 2026

Law enforcement policies on use of force and mental health crisis responses vary between agencies in Northern Michigan, according to a review of documents by My UP News.

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2024 death of MTU student due to police treatment, family says in lawsuit

Public Radio 90, WNMU | Jan 14, 2026

The family of a Michigan Tech student is suing Houghton County police agencies for hog-tying and excessively tasing their son, Benjamin Walby, in an incident they say led to his March 2024 death.

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Family of deceased Tech student files lawsuit

The Mining Journal | Jan 14, 2026

The estate of a Michigan Tech University student who died after an incident involving local police nearly two years ago has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Marquette.

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Fieger Law sues U.P. police, alleging excessive force led to death of Michigan Tech student

MLive | Jan 13, 2026

A Detroit law firm is suing law enforcement in the Upper Peninsula over what lawyers are alleging was a wrongful death by excessive force.

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Lawsuit filed against DMC & nurse charged with sexually assaulting patients

WXYZ Detroit | Oct 8, 2025

James Harrington from Fieger Law and Todd Flood from Flood Law held a press conference on Wednesday, announcing the lawsuits against DMC Sinai Grace Hospital, its parent company Tenet Health, and the suspect, 47-year-old Wilfredo Figueroa-Berrios.

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