Category: Injuries

May 27, 2011

Michigan Auto Law attorney wins $1.45 million on $175,000 Wayne County case evaluation award Congratulations our Michigan Auto Law attorney and his deserving client for last week’s $1.45 million truck accident trial verdict. The verdict was received on May 17 in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit. What makes the case interesting is how the …

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May 6, 2011

Car accident lawyer discusses the new change in the scope of chiropractic treatment in Michigan I’ve written before about chiropractors and car accidents – including how some lawyers and chiropractors can abuse the process. Nevertheless, I’m a big believer in chiropractors helping accident victims make faster and better recoveries. As a lawyer who specializes in …

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March 10, 2011

Traumatic brain injury lawyer stresses that TBI is a public health crisis, calls for more resources to treat and prevent brain injury I was recently asked to give a presentation to lawyers who handle traumatic brain injury cases. As I started to update the statistics from the last traumatic brain injury lawyer presentation I did …

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January 27, 2011

Auto insurance attorney says you can get both, but only in specific situations, and there will be important issues to consider Car accident victims always have questions about No-Fault insurance. One of the most frequent questions we have is whether a person injured in a car accident can simultaneously collect No-Fault insurance wage loss benefits …

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December 23, 2010

Steve Gursten explains how friends from around the country helped in most recent trial, in Jackson County The Beatles wrote “With a little help from my friends.” It certainly applies to the help I received from many good friends getting ready for my last trial. Last Wednesday, a Jackson County jury returned a verdict of …

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December 16, 2010

A Michigan TBI lawyer discusses one woman’s story of being on the brink of death – because her doctors failed to diagnose her brain injury properly I read a compelling personal story called The Calm Before the Brain Injury was Discovered. We simply assume that medicine and science are up to the task, when in …

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August 26, 2010

Dr. Mary Kneiser’s IME lawsuit is strong example of independent medical examiner abuse This is the last post in my mini series of blogs on independent medical examiners. Mary Kneiser is a busy IME doctor, and has been for many years. Dr. Kneiser has been hired by auto insurance companies and personal injury defense law …

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March 24, 2010

Both lawyers Brian Bornstein and my friend from Texas, Steve Laird, recently commented on my observations about the critical connection between traumatic brain injury and chronic pain in The Jury Expert. It is a connection that most personal injury lawyers miss. The Jury Expert is an online litigation advocacy publication. The article that started the …

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March 2, 2010

TBI Lawyer gives brain injury prevention tips, so Michigan drivers can protect themselves from the “silent epidemic” There are 1.4 million people across the country who sustain a traumatic brain injury every year. About 50,000 people die from brain injury. Another 235,000 are hospitalized annually. And 1.1 million people are treated and released from hospital …

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