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When I speak at legal seminars educating other lawyers how to litigate truck accident cases, I always take my role as an opportunity to be a safety advocate and to teach attorneys how they can help prevent serious truck crashes. Making trucks safer was something that I was very involved in when I was President …
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Far too many truck accidents are caused by drivers forced to break the law, but the Surface Transportation Act provides a framework for legal recourse Today I wanted to share this e-mail I received from a truck driver in West Michigan. I will keep his name out of it, but the issue he brings up …
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Federal RICO ruling, Jackson v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, likely to shield No Fault ‘cut off’ IME doctors from RICO liability for savaging auto accident victims in their reports – a double standard favoring big insurers over people No one really knows just how bad and how crooked many of the IME doctors are that …
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I recently wrote about the issue of No Fault benefits for children of divorced parents, and whose auto insurance policy covers an injured child after a car accident. We received a great response, including this one that I wanted to share today from attorney Jennifer Paine, an experienced family law attorney from Cordell & Cordell …
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Riders who claim they don’t wear motorcycle helmets while traveling at low speeds are wrong, putting themselves at risk for serious brain injury There are some motorcyclists who say they don’t need to wear a helmet if they’re traveling at low speeds, or when they’re “just puttering around town.” But such a belief is based …
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Learn about the statute of limitations for car accidents in Michigan Today I’d like to share the answer to the most common question I receive from lawyers in other states who call me when they have a client injured in a Michigan car accident: “How long does someone injured in a car accident have to …
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U.S. DOT traffic safety agency takes ground-breaking step by issuing policy statement and recommendations for “testing of self-driving vehicles” As the buzz continues to build about “driverless” or “self-driving” cars being a part of everyone’s future, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has taken the wheel and merged into the fast lane. And it …
This horrifying photo of a recent truck accident in Marshall, Michigan is a shocking example of what happens when truck underride guards are not strong enough to withstand rear-end impacts. What is an underride guard? You’ve probably noticed while driving behind large commercial trucks, there are metal bars that hang down from the bottom rear …
The key to making driverless cars safe is not “killing all the lawyers” Bloomberg’s Megan McArdle got it all wrong in her September 11, 2013, column, “To Enjoy Driverless Cars, First Kill All The Lawyers.” I say this not out of any sense for self-preservation because I am a lawyer. Although, to be fair, I …
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