Background
Shafer, David M. was born on March 14, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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David M. Shafer
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Wayne State University (Bachelor of Arts, with high distinction, 1978. Juris Doctor, 1981); University of Detroit (Master of Arts, 1985).
Career
Orel v Uni-Rak Sales, 455 Mich; NW2d (1997) (Property owners are not exposed to premises liability while possession of their property has been temporarily loaned to another); In re Louis F Simmons, 444 Mich 781; 513 NW2d 425 (1994) (The Supreme Court rejected the recommendation of the Judicial Tenure Commission to public censure a trial judge for abuse of contempt power); Spaulding v Lesco International"l Corporation, 441 Mich 379; 491 NW2d 208 (1992) (The manufacturer of a simple product, such as an above-ground swimming pool, has no duty to warn of the product"s danger that are open and obvious to the average user); Woods v City of Warren, 439 Mich 186; 482 NW2d 696 (1992) (The "fireman"s rule" applies to bar a police officer"s lawsuit against a property owner for injuries sustained in the course of duty due to the property owner"s negligence); Thomas v Stubbs, 218 Mich App 46; 553 NW2d 634 (1996) (Test established to determine availability of cause of action on behalf of estate of a fetus which was "born alive"); Kootsillas v City of Riverview, 214 Mich App 570 (1995) (The landfill activities of a municipality can constitute a proprietary function under the governmental immunity act); Jodway v Kennametal, 207 Mich App 622; 525 NW2d 883 (1994), lv den 441 Mich 863; 490 NW2d 415 (1992) (Issues concerning exercise of limited personal jurisdiction over foreign defendant and sophisticated-user defense); FEDERAL CASES: Raddatz v Koselka, 880 F Supp 500 (World Development Mich, 1995), aff"d 72 F3d 130 (6th Cir 1995) (Rooker-Feldman doctrine applied to deprive federal court of jurisdiction over plaintiff"s claim attacking prior state-court judgement against plaintiff); Cook v American Steamship Company, 53 F3d 733 (6th Cir 1995) (Test enunciated for determining the admissibility of an expert"s scientific testimony and the standard of review applicable thereto); Theunissen v Matthews, 935 F2d 1454 (6th Cir 1991) (Personal-injury plaintiff has burden to make prima facie showing under federal due-process law and state long-arm statute that personal jurisdiction exists over foreign defendant)Worked at Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward & Becker, Professional Corporation (Detroit, Michigan) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Insurance and Negligence Law. Workers Compensation, Products Liability, Malpractice Liability Law.
Toxic Tort, Drug Liability, Premises Liability and Subrogation.
Trials.
Admitted to the bar, 1982, Michigan. Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Pro Tem, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1987-1989.
Research Assistant to Law Professor, Wayne State University Law School, 1980. Prehearing Attorney, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1986.
Member: State Bar of Michigan.
The law firm was founded in 1948 by Daniel Garan, Milton Lucow and Albert Miller upon their graduation from law school. Begun as a tort defense firm, our principal focus has remained the same to the present. The firm was relatively small through the 1950"s and 1960"s, when tort work primarily centered around auto negligence and premises liability.
As tort law has expanded, so too has our practice and our clientele.
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Member: State Bar of Michigan.
