If needed, Closser Associates offers experienced, professional, and objective expert-witness services in both court and deposition.
2006
Property: A 12-acre parcel of vacant commercial land, Escanaba, Michigan
Client: Dagenais Real Estate, Inc.
Case: City of Escanaba v Dagenais Real Estate, Inc. (05-1812-CC)
Court: Delta County Circuit Court
Purpose: Condemnation; partial taking for street right-of-way.
Testimony: Trial testimony
Attorney/Firm: Mary Vader, Vader & Vader, Escanaba, MI
2005
Property: Appraisal reviews regarding three commercial properties on Mackinac Island
Client: City of Mackinac Island, Michigan
Case: Ryba Properties, LLC v. City of Mackinac Island (MTT #300882, 300883, 300884)
Court: Michigan Tax Tribunal, Lansing, MI
Purpose: Appraisal reviews
Testimony: Arbitration hearing
Attorney/Firm: Margaret Coughlin/Dickinson-Wright, PLLC, Detroit, Michigan
1999
Property: A residential neighborhood in Kingsford, Michigan
Clients: Ford Motor Company and Clorox Company
Case: Robert G. Tuomela, et al v. Ford Motor Company, et al
Court: Dickinson County Circuit Court
Purpose: Litigation regarding neighborhood stigma from a methane explosion in a residence
Testimony: Arbitration hearing
Attorney/Firm: Margaret Coughlin/Dickinson-Wright, PLLC, Detroit, Michigan
1998
Property: Pine Mountain Resort (ski resort)
Client: Deborah Tirschel
Case: Tirschel vs. Tirschel (Case # D96-9299-DM)
Court: Dickinson County Circuit Court
Purpose: Divorce proceedings
Testimony: Trial testimony
Attorney/Firm: Thomas Casselman/Casselman & Kangas, Marquette, Michigan
Property: Residence, 433 M-35, Negaunee, Michigan
Client: David and Carrie Heard
Case: Heard vs. Allstate Insurance and Ruusi-Vivian Oil Company
Court: Marquette County Circuit Court (Court File #97-33108-CK)
Purpose: Litigation regarding damages and stigma from a fuel oil spill in the basement of a residence
Testimony: Deposition and trial testimony
Attorney/Firm: John Stenton/Fosmire, Solka & Stenton, P.C., Marquette, Michigan
1997
Property: Krist Oil Company Service Station
Client: Krist Oil Company
Case: First National Bank of Negaunee v Krist Oil (File No. 90-24955-CH)
Court: Marquette County Circuit Court
Purpose: Litigation regarding building encroachment on adjoining commercial property
Testimony: Trial testimony
Attorney/Firm: Steven Polich/Polich & Hinshaw, P.C., Iron River, Michigan
1996
Property: Krist Oil Company Service Station
Client: Krist Oil Company
Purpose: Litigation regarding building encroachment
Testimony: Deposition
Attorney/Firm: Steven Polich/Polich & Hinshaw, P.C., Iron River, Michigan
Property: Residences in the village of Palmer, Michigan
Client: Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.
Case: Adams et al v CCI et al
Purpose: Litigation regarding damages from dust, noise and vibration from mining operations
Testimony: Deposition and trial testimony, Circuit Court, Marquette County, Michigan
Attorney/Firm: Richard Graybill/Richard M. Graybill, Attorney, Ishpeming, Michigan
Property: Cannelton Industries, former tannery site, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Client: St. Paul Insurance Co.
Case: Commercial Union v Cannelton Industries, Inc.
Purpose: Litigation regarding environmental cleanup of Superfund site
Testimony: Deposition
Attorney/Firm: Michael Farley/Kelly, Casey & Clarke, P.C., Detroit, Michigan
Property: Camp 33, Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Client: Barrett Camp 33, Inc.
Case: Barrett Camp 33 v CDG et al
Purpose: Litigation regarding construction defects in a commercial building
Testimony: Deposition
Attorney/Firm: Gregor MacGregor/Kendricks Bordeau, Marquette, Michigan
1995
Property: Former Cliff-Dow Chemical Company site, Marquette, Michigan
Client: Aetna Insurance Co.
Purpose: Litigation regarding clean-up costs on contaminated property
Case: Georgia-Pacific v. Aetna et al
Testimony: Deposition
Attorney/Firm: Matthew S. Adams/Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, Washington
1994
Property: Ramada Inn, Escanaba, Michigan
Client: Walter Bell, property owner
Case: Walter and Camille Bell v City of Escanaba
Purpose: Property tax appeal on a Ramada Inn motel
Testimony: Deposition and Hearing, Michigan Tax Tribunal, Lansing, Michigan
Attorney/Firm: James Keller/Shapack, McCollough & Kanter, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Property: Mayflower Mountain Resort, Utah (proposed ski resort)
Client: U.S. Department of Justice
Case: United States v 819.98 acres (Stichting Mayflower) Civil No. 87-C-0525
Purpose: Condemnation of land in the base area of a proposed ski resort for the construction of a reservoir
Testimony: Deposition and Hearing; Federal District Court, Salt Lake City, Utah
Attorney/Firm: Stephen Sorenson/Assistant U.S. Attorney, Salt Lake City, Utah
1993
Property: Greens of Savoch Farm, Marquette, Michigan
Client: Robert Brebner, property owner
Case: Wisconsin Electric Power v Greens of Savoch Farm, Inc.
Purpose: Condemnation of residential land for electrical transmission line
Testimony: Deposition
Attorney/Firm: Frederick Steinhardt/Mason, Steinhardt, Jacobs & Perlman, Southfield, Michigan
Property: Portage Mini-Mart, Chassell, Michigan
Client: Withheld by request
Case: Withheld by request
Purpose: Withheld by request
Testimony: Deposition
Attorney/Firm: Thomas Casselman/Thomas P. Casselman, P.C., Marquette, Michigan
1991
Property: Brian Head Ski Resort, Utah
Client: Equity Bank for Savings, F.A., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Purpose: Bankruptcy
Testimony: Deposition
Attorney/Firm: Jerome Romero/Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough, Salt Lake City, Utah
Property: Whitetail Ski Resort, Pennsylvania
Client: Whitetail Resort
Case: Maryland National Bank v. Whitetail Resort, et al, Civil No. WN90-2929
Purpose: Litigation regarding loan commitment
Testimony: Deposition and trial testimony, Federal District Court, Baltimore, Maryland
Attorney/Firm: Read McCaffrey/Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, Maryland
Property: Blue Ridge Reserve (proposed ski resort)
Client: U.S. Dept. of Justice
Case: U.S. v. 175.76 Acres of Land (Robert Werner) Civil No. 80-0007-M
Purpose: Condemnation of part of a proposed ski resort for the Appalachian Trail
Testimony: Trial, Federal District Court, Northern District of W. Va., Martinsburg, WV
Attorney/Firm: Joy Ryan/Land Acquisition Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC
1990
Property: Brian Head Ski Resort, Utah
Client: Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough, Salt Lake City, Utah
Purpose: Litigation regarding bankruptcy
Testimony: Deposition, Salt Lake City, Utah
Attorney/Firm: Jerome Romero/see client, above
1989
Property: Groveland Mine, Felch, Michigan
Client: Monaghan, LoPrete, McDonald, Sogge & Yakima, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Purpose: Litigation regarding mine assets
Testimony: Trial, Federal District Court, Marquette, Michigan
Attorney/Firm: Boris Yakima/see client, above
1986
Property: Snowshoe Resort, West Virginia (ski resort)
Client: Shenandoah Federal Savings and Loan, Martinsburg, W. Va.
Purpose: Bankruptcy
Testimony: Deposition and hearing testimony, Federal Bankruptcy Court, Wheeling, W. Va.
Attorney/Firm: Bruce Goldstein/Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, Washington, DC
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