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I recently wrote a blog post about PLPD insurance and I received an interesting question from a motorcycle owner in response: Q. How does Michigan motorcycle insurance come into play with PLPD? I have a car with “standard cheapest insurance” and am going to buy a bike [motorcycle], how does this play into my insurance? …
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MI House passes 3 of 4 bills addressing issues ranging from ‘primary’ auto insurance for drivers, to coverage limits, to limits on passengers’ No Fault claims The pressure is building in Michigan for Uber and similar app-based, ride-sharing programs such as Lyft to provide auto insurance coverage for its drivers, passengers or others who could …
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And how healthy truck driver diets equal less crashes due to health-related conditions like sleep apnea There are immense responsibilities that come with driving a commercial truck. To start, truckers must be physically fit in order to operate a fully-loaded big-rig (which can weigh up to 80,000 pounds by law), man the odd hours, and …
Sen. Coleman Young II’s SB 346 proposes No Fault auto insurance companies ‘shall provide coverage for the medical use of marihuana’ Should a Michigan auto accident victim’s lawful use of medical marijuana be covered and paid for by Michigan No Fault insurance benefits? Sen. Coleman Young II (D-Detroit) thinks so. So do I. In …
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A look at how to protect drivers as Google reports the 12th crash of its autonomous vehicle Google has recently reported its 12th self-driving car accident, according to a recent post in autoblog.com. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said during the company’s annual shareholder meeting that the autonomous vehicle was stopped at a traffic light and …
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Why Mayor Duggan says Detroit billboard lawyers are driving up costs, even when they’re not from Detroit First, full disclosure: I was personally approached to be the Michigan-based law firm behind the billboards for “Motor City Accident Attorneys” several years ago. I believe I was the first law firm they contacted. After a few brief …
Michigan State Police investigation reports 58 drivers will be ticketed after huge car chain-reaction car crash in Galesburg, MI that made national news I previously wrote about legal issues that will arise in the 193-car winter pileup on I-94 in Galesberg, Michigan (near Kalamazoo) in January, which took the life of a Canadian truck driver. Now …
Truck accidents and the CDL English proficiency requirement under the FMCSA As a truck accident lawyer, I have handled cases involving people who have been seriously injured in truck wrecks at the hands of commercial drivers who do not speak English. Drivers who do not speak English fluently are in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier …
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How a Michigan lawyer can sometimes add tremendous value to cases – that even competent Canadian lawyers wouldn’t know about With Windsor just over the border from Detroit and only 35 minutes away from our main law offices in Farmington Hills, there are a number of common and recurring legal issues I see arise over …
