Fred Boncher is currently working
on a number of cases involving trespass and the unauthorized cutting of trees by both power companies and an individual. In
one of these cases, there are also issues involving violations of the Wetlands Protection Act and diversion of a stream. In
addition, Mr. Boncher has a number of automobile personal injury cases in which he is presently engaged. These involve several
motorcycle accident cases including one in which the plaintiff lost a leg as a result of the defendant running a stop sign,
another in which two occupants of the motorcycle were struck from behind by a drunk driver, and a third in which our client
was struck by an elderly woman who failed to yield the right-of-way and ran a stoplight. Other motor vehicle accident cases
in which Mr. Boncher is involved include cases involving a stolen vehicle and other intersection collisions.
With respect
to construction cases, Mr. Boncher recently brought suit against a municipality for failure to pay for work performed on a
sewer water project, is defending a case involving allegations of improper roadway subbase, is defending two separate cases
involving declaratory judgment actions brought by insurance companies to avoid coverage, is representing a non-profit housing
corporation against a construction company that negligently constructed sewer lines which resulted in the freezing of the
sewer lines and backup of sewage into low income housing units and is involved a malpractice case against an architectural/engineering
firm involving a project near Torch Lake.
Mr. Boncher is also involved in a case against an accounting firm for misrepresentations
involving the leveraged buyout of two companies for several million dollars, a case in Federal Court involving disability
insurance for a doctor and a federal case involving claimed violations of the wage and hour laws.
Appellate cases being
presently handled by the firm and Mr. Boncher include a case against a rock classification machine purchased by one of the
firm’s mining clients, a case involving a fall from a scaffolding that was improperly erected, one of several successful
manufacturing sales representative cases which was appealed by the defendant to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
in Cincinnati, Ohio, a breaches of contract case regarding the purchase real estate and personal property, and
an appeal of a declaratory judgment against brought by an insurance company which the firm won on summary disposition.
The firm has handled several manufacturer sales representative cases and has several now pending involving potential
recoveries of several million dollars. In the past, the firm has been successful on several of these cases involving settlements
or judgments in the six and seven figure range.
Mr. Boncher is presently working on two cases involving the destruction
of residences by fire including claims against an insurance company and a propane gas supplier. The firm is
presently defending one of his construction company clients involving a motorcyclist who lost control over his motorcycle,
drove off the road, and was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of the accident. Other cases recently being handled by Mr.
Boncher include probate cases involving disputes among heirs, civil rights cases for age and race discrimination, residential
construction cases and the collection of several large judgments for breaches of contract, social security disability claims.
Mr. Boncher is also litigating a case involving contamination of a sports complex facility by excavation from a neighboring
railroad bed containing railroad slag which was contaminated with arsenic.
