Plunkett Cooney attorney Jake Hendricks Bloomfield Hills: business law and litigation defense services

Bio

Jake W. Hendricks is an attorney in the firm's Torts & Litigation and Governmental Law practice groups. He maintains a wide-ranging litigation practice that includes premises liability, general negligence and governmental law claims.

A member of the Bloomfield Hills office, Mr. Hendricks represents employers and retail clients in slip, trip and fall claims, breach of contract disputes and labor and employment law matters, including negligent hiring, retention, training and supervision issues.

Mr. Hendricks represents municipalities in both state and federal courts in governmental liability matters. His experience includes handling 4^th Amendment search and seizure claims and excessive force matters under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.

A member of the State Bar of Michigan, Mr. Hendricks graduated from Michigan State University College of Law in 2023.

Representative Client Work

Drafted and successfully argued a motion to dismiss, which was granted, in a slip and fall case where the plaintiff failed to present evidence of the defendant's actual and constructive notice of the alleged hazard and appeared to slip and fall on liquid from her own bottle returns
Co-authored successful response to a motion for adverse inference due to spoliation of evidence when assistant manager did not intentionally fail to preserve video footage after store employees produced still images of surveillance video of two customers who were suspected of shoplifting from the store prior to the incident. The federal court ruled that the act was not intentional.
Drafted a motion to dismiss, which was granted, in a slip and fall case where the plaintiff failed to present evidence of the defendant's actual and constructive notice of the alleged hazard
Negotiated numerous settlements in breach of contract dispute, obtaining favorable settlement for clients
Assisted with case preparation for a high-profile sewer backup matter involving a metro Detroit municipality
Assisted with multiple police liability cases involving alleged illegal search and seizure, excessive use of force, correctional law liability and a bite by a K-9 unit
Conducted depositions of plaintiffs and their spouses in asbestos liability cases
Conducted depositions of plaintiffs and in slip and fall cases
Assisted with labor and employment matters involving discipline issues, alleged wrongful discharge claims, contract-related issues and breach of contract disputes
Assisted with premises liability matters on behalf of big box and national retail stores involving slip, trip and fall claims
Drafted a motion to dismiss regarding a Michigan Freedom of Information Act violation
Successfully defended client in a business license dispute after proving the retailer had a valid license to do business
Drafted a pre-suit memorandum that resulted in the plaintiff’s attorney dropping four of five asbestos liability cases, including wrongful death actions, where conditions allegedly caused exposure to asbestos-containing projects