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Why words matter – and why traumatic brain “injury” and “closed head injury” is not enough – when it comes to serious brain damage after a car accident A while back, I wrote about why words matter when it comes to car wrecks. In my blog post, I stressed that the language lawyers and judges …
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Learn about your potential legal remedies after a car accident if you suffer from headaches or migraines, two very different but serious injuries Last week, I wrote about why it’s important to never ignore a headache after a car accident, and I outlined what to expect with this common, often debilitating crash-related injury as well …
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In Nolen v. Hastings, MCOA rules an Oakland County jury must decide whether auto accident victim is entitled to legal compensation for not being able to ride a motorcycle, fly a plane and golf as he did before the crash Is an Oakland County car accident victim entitled to legal compensation if his injuries prevent …
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Will ‘pupillometer’ testing one day help identify auto accident victims who have suffered TBI, concussion and closed head injury based on visual changes at crash scene? We may one day be able to diagnose a traumatic brain injury based on changes in a person’s vision. A U.S. Army study has determined that a “simple, quick …
This common car accident injury can exist in the neck and back, involves the discs in our spine, and can cause serious pain and disability (although the doctor hired by your auto insurance company may disagree!) I recently wrote about the process of an MRI to help people understand what the results of this common …
Talking about the tough topic of divorce, consortium claims for spouses, and why brain injury cases are called “wrongful death” cases where the victim survives Traumatic brain injury (TBI) imposes a tremendous cost on society. But apart from the economic costs, there are human costs of brain injury that are often overlooked. Marriages often fall …
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Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s year-end list of the top trial verdicts and settlements in the state highlights two Michigan Auto Law cases from 2015 — a $7 million Oakland County car accident and a $4.6 million Wayne County general personal injury case.
Josh received a $170,000 settlement, including significant penalty interest and attorney fees for his Detroit client, on a $30,000 offer from Farmers Insurance First, let’s be honest. While insurance companies are improperly terminating hundreds, maybe even thousands of people from No Fault insurance benefits, the reality is that today there are only a small handful …
CVS refused to accept responsibility for disabling injuries caused by its employees’ negligence, and claimed no video surveillance You don’t expect to go to the corner drug store for a quick errand and come home a different person. But when a careless Livonia CVS employee caused metal lawn chairs to fall onto a 58-year-old Oak …
