Yatooma adds 2 to board of Directors

Yatooma’s Foundation For The Kids has announced that David Boyle, president of Michigan and Northwest Ohio Banking for National City, and Jeff Feltrin, co-owner and vice president of Prototype Systems Inc. in Sterling Heights, have joined its board of directors. Boyle will serve as treasurer and Feltrin as a director.

EMS Worker Wins Default Judgment

June 18) – Attorney Norman Yatooma talks to Paul W. Smith about a major decision on his whistleblower case involving a Detroit Fire Department EMS worker.

Celebrating the Life of Manuel Yatooma

Yatooma’s Foundation for the Kids’ seeks to “bring tenderness to tragedy and turn tragedy into triumph”— a mission that sadly came directly from a tragedy. In 1993, when Norman Yatooma was a 20-year-old student at Taylor University in Upland, Ind., he received a devastating call telling him that his father,

Champions for the Kids 2009 VIP Dinner

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Lawyers: No real winners in Rock Tops judgments

There were no real winners after three court judgments for nearly $1 million and an out-of-court settlement in a fourth case against the now-shuttered granite countertop maker Rock Tops Inc., attorneys said. Macomb County Circuit Judge Peter Maceroni entered a default judgment earlier this month for $296,576.01 against the Macomb

Virginia couple owed $2 million by Moragn Hill art company

The Thomas Kinkade Company of Morgan Hill still owes a Virginia couple more than $2 million for luring them into investing their life savings to become dealers of the self-described “painter of light’s” works, which the couple’s attorney called “bathroom art.” A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court

EMS Worker Wins Whistleblower Lawsuit

DETROIT — An EMS worker, who said he was fired after speaking out about the rumored but never proven party at the Manoogian Mansion, has won a whistleblower lawsuit against Detroit. An Oakland County judge found the city in default Wednesday because no one ever responded to the lawsuit. Former

Foundation helps local teen

June 17, 2009 – When senior Katie Tossel arrived in Oxford in October, she had just began a new chapter in her life, one she hadn’t anticipated. Tossel was in the middle of her fourth hour class at Lakeland High School when Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies took her out of

Champions for the Kids Event

(WXYZ) – A Non-Profit organization is raising money to help children who’ve lost a parent. The United States Census Bureau estimates that nationally 1 in 20 children will experience the death of a parent by the time they graduate from high school. Yatooma’s Foundation for the Kids is holding a

Auction, golf tournament raise money for kids

Two fans will have the opportunity to travel with Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo and his team to a road game next season, thanks to sizeable donations to a foundation designed to help families cope with the sudden loss of a parent. MSU and radio partner WJR-AM 760 are

Lawyer in stripper case agree on secrecy rules

Detroit — Lawyers involved in the federal lawsuit over the killing of former exotic dancer Tamara “Strawberry’ Greene have finally agreed on how to handle confidential records filed in the case. The agreement on a “protective order” — filed today in U.S. District Court in Detroit — should clear the

Supporters help kids who have lost a mom or dad

BIRMINGHAM – Oakland County residents and businesses are on the forefront of helping children who have lost a parent. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that one in 20 children nationally will experience the death of a parent by the time they graduate from high school. However, nationally, there are very

Wine Tasting Benefits Children’s Charities, Rotary

Birmingham Rotary’s seventh annual Korks for Kids wine tasting attracted 200 to The Reserve on May 8 in Birmingham. They sipped, supped and socialized. The hot topic was the closing of this newspaper at the end of the month. The event netted $15,000 for Childhelp Michigan, Orchard’s Children Services and

Yatooma’s Champion for the Kids

Updated: Monday, 13 Apr 2009, 10:00 AM EDT Published : Monday, 13 Apr 2009, 9:58 AM EDT The loss of a parent is a heartbreaking, difficult time, especially for young children. Yatooma’s Foundation for the Kids is a Metro Detroit based non-profit organization dedicated to providing guidance, stability, and financial

Deal them in.

Lauren Cavanagh has the face of an angel – never a good feature for a poker player. “I can’t bluff,” she admitted at the start of Norm Yatooma’s charity poker tournament. “If I don’t have good cards I have to fold because I’ll never make it all the way through.”

Judge: Lawyers must discuss relevance of text messages in Greene case

Detroit — A federal magistrate judge today ordered lawyers in the slain exotic dancer Tamara “Strawberry” Greene lawsuit to meet and agree on the relevance of City of Detroit text messages that already have been published in the news media. U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Whalen, who has been reviewing hundreds

Ex-Cop:’Little doubt’ Manoogian party occurred

Ex-cop: ‘Little doubt’ Manoogian party occurred Report of ‘officer down’ at alleged 2002 event not in police records, says investigator Charlie LeDuff and Paul Egan / The Detroit News Detroit — The former lead detective in the Tamara “Strawberry” Greene murder case says he not only believes a stripper was

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