Bazzi reversed.
Innocent car accident victims protected.
Bazzi v. Sentinel ruling stops auto insurance companies from automatically denying No-Fault benefits to blameless car crash victims based on fraud by an insured....more
7/25/2018
/ Auto Insurance ,
Burden of Proof ,
Car Accident ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Equitable Relief ,
Fraud ,
Innocent Third Party Rule ,
MI Supreme Court ,
No-Fault Insurance ,
Rescission ,
Reversal ,
Third-Party
MRPC 7.2(d)’s legal advertising rule puts an end to lawyers’ ability to advertise on Google and Facebook, violates First Amendment Free Speech rights -
Carefully crafted rules of professional conduct for lawyers are...more
7/18/2018
/ Amended Rules ,
Attorney Advertising ,
Commercial Speech ,
Corporate Branding ,
Facebook ,
Fictitious Business Name ,
First Amendment ,
Google ,
Legal Ethics ,
Name Changes ,
Online Advertisements ,
Rules of Professional Conduct ,
Signs ,
State Legislatures
The full Michigan Senate has passed two No-Fault bills – Senate Bill 787 and Senate Bill 1014 – which, if passed by the House and enacted into law, will substantially alter the rights and benefits guaranteed to car, truck and...more
Auto insurers balk at Detroit Medical Center CEO Conrad Mallett’s offer for a dollar-for-dollar price cut with hospital charges and No-Fault insurance premiums -
Did Detroit Medical Center CEO Conrad Mallett just call-out...more
FBI fraud ring investigation will hopefully force Attorney Grievance Commission and Administrator Alan Gershel to take long overdue disciplinary action against ambulance-chasing, solicitation injury lawyers who break the law....more
Study of 2.8 million people in Denmark confirms what doctors and auto accident attorneys have seen for years: Dementia risk skyrockets after TBI; dementia long-term effect for many brain injury survivors; defense IME doctors...more
We deserve to know why MCCA catastrophic coverage costs are again going up; political opportunism suspected behind latest hikes -
The cost of catastrophic coverage from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA)...more
So-called “Macomb Solution” to get rid of mandatory car insurance in Michigan and allowing drivers to elect to be uninsured is epically bad idea; financial ruin if a car crash occurs -
Macomb County Rep. Pete Lucido’s...more
Chameleon carriers – dangerous trucking companies using new names to hide history of safety violations – are 3 times more likely to cause a truck accident -
Lawyers who specialize in helping people injured in truck...more
Here is what a pure tort liability system will mean for car accident victims and drivers in Michigan -
Yesterday House Republicans introduced legislation to repeal Michigan’s 45-year-old No Fault auto insurance law and...more
2/8/2018
/ Auto Insurance ,
Car Accident ,
Catastrophic Impairment ,
Damages ,
Insurance Reform ,
Medical Expenses ,
No-Fault Insurance ,
Pain and Suffering ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Repeal ,
State and Local Government ,
State Law Tort Claims
Republican plan to repeal No Fault and return Michigan to a pure tort liability insurance state expected as soon as tomorrow -
House Republicans will introduce – maybe as soon as this Tuesday – a controversial plan to...more
By allowing seniors to opt out of No Fault for Medicare, SB 787 jeopardizes seniors’ medical and financial health after a car crash -
It sounds good, at first. Allowing senior and elderly drivers to opt out of Michigan auto...more
Temporary car insurance, such as 7 day policies, hurts uninsured drivers in cities like Detroit & Flint – who will face severe consequences after a car accident...more
1/17/2018
/ Auto Insurance ,
Bodily Injury ,
Car Accident ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Insurance Industry ,
No-Fault Insurance ,
Pain and Suffering ,
Right to a Jury ,
Seventh Amendment ,
UI/UIM ,
Wrongful Death
Steps Michigan car accident lawyers can take to stop insurance company ‘fishing expeditions’ into the Facebook personal page of clients to harass and intimidate; don’t let your client be made a victim twice -
Car accident...more
12/27/2017
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Car Accident ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Facebook ,
Harassment ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Social Media
Laws protecting injured car accident victims in Michigan from ambulance chasing personal injury lawyers should also protect people from the claims adjusters who prey on the unsophisticated after a crash; settling cases for...more
Be warned — submitting false replacement services forms will forfeit a car crash victim from receiving Michigan auto No Fault benefits.
I’ve represented several hundred Michigan car crash victims in my 22 years as an auto...more
In wake of demise of Duggan-Leonard-Theis No Fault insurance plan, lawmakers must make realistic, conscientious strides to lower premiums, preserve benefits -
Michigan needs a No Fault insurance plan that will lower car...more
Campaign contribution data shows House Insurance Committee Republicans who favor No Fault car insurance reform have received $253,075 from insurance industry...more
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Repeat after me: There is no $250,000 cap on No Fault car insurance under Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s and Tom Leonard’s new No Fault reform plan that was announced yesterday....more
Insurers scream “No-Fault fraud,” even as they cause huge spike in Michigan No-Fault benefit denials and cut-offs of car crash victims -
There’s going to be a number of No-Fault reform legislative proposals expected to be...more
Detroit News editorial on reforming No-Fault law makes up facts, avoids reality of how No-Fault system works -
The Detroit News at least got the title of its Tuesday editorial correct when it said, “Make auto insurance...more
Will newest allegations finally get Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission to look into auto accident attorney fraud, kickbacks and illegal solicitation of auto accident victims in Detroit?...more
Court rules in Bay County case involving TBI car crash victim in a Menard’s parking lot crosswalk that stores do have legal duty to protect ‘safety zone’ -
Parking lots are more dangerous than you might think. Hundreds of...more
With more chronic pain sufferers using medical marijuana, how do you prove impairment if a car crash occurs? AAA-FTS study shows THC impairment threshold can’t be scientifically supported....more
Sadly, insurance company adjusters and defense lawyers are constantly searching for — and ready to pounce on — certain common mistakes that many unsuspecting and well-intentioned car crash victims make....more