Duggan’s ‘D-Insurance’ plan is bad deal for Detroiters
The mayor’s plan fails to achieve stated goals and is terrible for Detroit residents. Here are the details. I really do like Mayor Mike Duggan. I think he’s doing a pretty good job so far. And the idea of trying to make auto insurance less expensive for Detroiters is an important one. As I’ve written before, the consequences of driving without auto insurance in Michigan are catastrophic – and with estimates of over 50{9c067c25ed205f086ce6001901eb13dfadc688a7aefab9f64e0c55b8c5a55872} of drivers in Detroit driving without insurance, this hits Detroiters especially hard. The problem is, Duggan is proposing to do this all wrong with his “D-Insurance” plan, a low-cost auto insurance proposal for Motor City drivers. How bad is D-Insurance for Detroit? Well, answer these questions: What …
Auto insurers strike it rich with No Fault ‘price controls’
$550 million profit windfall for auto insurance companies could increase to $1.2 billion per year after expiration of SB 248’s two-year moratorium on price increases For an industry that’s so deathly averse to price controls being imposed on what it charges auto insurance consumers, the auto insurance industry is plenty gung-ho when it comes to imposing price controls on what doctors and hospitals can charge for treating Michigan car crash victims. Why? Because price controls on doctors and hospitals will make Michigan’s auto insurance industry rich. Under the price controls proposed in the House Insurance Committee’s version of the Senate No Fault plan, Senate Bill 248, the auto insurance industry will: Pocket approximately $550 million in savings (read: profits) for each of the next two …
Man Killed In Huntington Beach Motorcycle Accident
Chad Wojno, 27, was killed in a Huntington Beach motorcycle accident after a vehicle struck his motorcycle the morning of April 20, 2015. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the collision occurred near Warner Avenue and Sculpin Lane. Officers arrived to the scene and found the man
Bicyclist Killed In Santa Ana Car Accident
Robert Horton, 62, was killed in a Santa Ana bicycle accident after a vehicle struck his bicycle near a freeway on-ramp. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal accident occurred the evening of May 4, 2015 on a surface street in Santa Ana near the on-ramp to the northbound I-5. California Highway Patrol officials say Horton was riding in a crosswalk on a surface street at the juncture with the on-ramp when he was struck by a
BREAKING NEWS: Senate Republicans streamline No Fault strategy with new proposed law
SB 313 focuses on ‘price controls’ on what doctors and hospital charge for treating car accident victims; no changes/restrictions on PIP benefits Sen. Marty Knollenberg (R-Troy) Trial and error has made Senate Republicans smarter about how they try to change Michigan’s No Fault insurance law. After ramming their No Fault plan (Senate Bill 248) through the Senate only to see it founder before the full House of Representatives, the Senate Republicans are refining their approach. Case in point is Senate Bill 313, the Senate Republicans’ second-round No Fault plan, which was introduced by Sen. Marty Knollenberg (R-Troy) on May 5, 2015. The new bill has none of the ugliness associated with its predecessor, SB 248. SB 313 is a streamlined No Fault plan, which uses surgery-like precision …
Does Having a Misdemeanor Warrant Mean You Must Go to Jail? Probably Not.
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Teaching attorneys how to depose a truck driver
Michigan Auto Law attorney Tom James speaking today at New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar Today, attorney Tom James will be speaking to personal injury lawyers from New York and New Jersey during the New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar. His topic is “How to depose a truck driver” and he will be speaking at the Truck Accident Litigation Track. The biggest problem with these depositions is that lawyers aren’t taught how to depose truck drivers in law school, and most lawyers will only have one truck accident case every year or every couple of years. So it’s difficult to gain the experience and the base knowledge necessary to take an effective deposition. There are also many critical issues that can significantly aggravate liability and add …
Five Injured In Bellflower Car Accident
Five people were injured in a car accident in Bellflower after a car crashed into a Norwalk transit bus with passengers on board. According to a KABC news report, the injury collision occurred the evening of April 17, 2015. Police say an Acura Integra was driving eastbound on Somerset Boulevard crashed into the bus going south on Woodruff Avenue. Two people in the car were injured, including
4 Michigan Auto Law attorneys named Top 1{9c067c25ed205f086ce6001901eb13dfadc688a7aefab9f64e0c55b8c5a55872} of lawyers in U.S
Four Michigan Auto Law trial attorneys have been designated in the top 1{9c067c25ed205f086ce6001901eb13dfadc688a7aefab9f64e0c55b8c5a55872} of the nation’s lawyers. The legal honor comes from the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, designating the following in the top 1{9c067c25ed205f086ce6001901eb13dfadc688a7aefab9f64e0c55b8c5a55872}: Steven Gursten Kevin Seiferheld Thomas James Ian Freed This comes after 11 of our attorneys were named Super Lawyers (top 5{9c067c25ed205f086ce6001901eb13dfadc688a7aefab9f64e0c55b8c5a55872}) for the past several years, and five of our attorneys were named Best Lawyers in America (limited to the top 2.4{9c067c25ed205f086ce6001901eb13dfadc688a7aefab9f64e0c55b8c5a55872} of all lawyers). But what do these legal awards and honors really mean? I believe they’re a reflection of the way our attorneys treat the people we serve. We don’t do every area of law, but we do one area of law and we aim to do it better than…
Will SB 248 make No Fault attendant care retroactive?
Or will current attendant care rates and hours no longer be grandfathered? Here’s how SB 248 may affect your No Fault benefits if it’s passed into law I’ve received a number of frantic emails these past two weeks on the various proposed changes to Michigan’s No Fault laws. I’ve been an outspoken critic against these proposed changes. I believe the amendments to our No Fault law, which I will refer to as Senate Bill 248 for this blog even as it’s racing toward a possible vote later this week in the Michigan House, are a gift to the auto insurance companies at the expense of catastrophically injured auto accident victims that require critical No Fault benefits such as attendant care. The question that most people want …
Five Nursing Students Killed, Three Others Injured After 18-Wheeler Fails To Reportedly Slow Down
Courtesy: WJCL-TV According to the Georgia State Patrol, five people were killed and three others injured last week after a semi caused a chain-reaction crash along I-16 near Savannah. Authorities stated that the deadly accident occurred after an 18-wheeler failed to slow down and smashed into stop-and-go traffic. The five people killed were nursing students at Georgia Southern University—which is located about 30 miles from the crash site. Troopers said that the semi plowed into an SUV, then rolled over a small passenger car that burst into flames. The big truck came to a halt after slamming into the back of a tanker. The crash happened reportedly around 6 a.m. when traffic was already heavy due to an unrelated accident about a mile ahead …
Car crash victim loses $50,000 for not doing ‘risky’ & ‘unpredictable’ shoulder surgery
Accident victim’s so-called ‘failure to mitigate damages’ reduces $150,000 pain and suffering verdict for a car accident by $50,000 What did car crash victim Richard Brehmer do that was so bad that it cost him $50,000? Well … First, he had the “audacity” to opt out – with his doctor’s full knowledge and agreement – of a “‘somewhat risky’” and “unpredictable” second shoulder surgery that “could lead to a different pain and instability …” Second, without the benefit of any actual medical proof, Mr. Brehmer was suspected – by a physical therapist and a doctor who never treated or actually examined Mr. Brehmer – of questionable compliance with his in-home physical therapy exercises. Not exactly “crimes of the century,” right? In fact, I believe …