This week, I’ll be speaking to truck accident attorneys from across the country at the National Trial Lawyers Summit in Florida.
The primary focus of the seminar will be on all things trucking, from how to get better and faster settlements for people hurt in a truck accident, to tips on truck accident lawsuits, as well as how to best protect victims of truck accidents. There will be a number of tips for lawyers on managing their time and legal practices to be able to handle a catastrophic death or serious truck accident injury lawsuit, which can be large, complicated and very expensive.
Michigan insurance lawyer says “balance billing” by doctors already paid by No-Fault not allowed
Last week, in one of my auto accident cases, my client told me she just received a bill from her own treating doctor. The doctor practices in a big office in Farmington Hills, Michigan and does see a number of auto accident injury victims, so I’m hoping this is a one-time problem with his billing company, and not something they are doing intentionally.
Personal injury lawyer says over half of car accident deaths are due to not wearing a safety belt
What started as a local ad campaign to get drivers of Sussex, England to wear their seat belts, has gone viral and is now hopefully saving the lives of people around the world. With close to 15 million hits on YouTube, “Embrace Life” turns our attention to how seat belts save lives in car accidents, and of the tragedy caused by not wearing a seat belt.
Accident victims are entitled to mileage reimbursement for traveling to and from medical appointments
There is no PIP benefit that is so often overlooked as medical mileage. Many people fail to submit it to their claims adjuster, and as such - poof - hundreds or thousands of dollars in gas and mileage reimbursement vanishes and the accident victim is out of luck. That’s a shame, because medical mileage is such an easy and simple PIP benefit to recover.
What is medical mileage?
Michigan auto accident victims are entitled to medical mileage reimbursement under Michigan’s No-Fault Law for the miles they travel going to and from medical and treatment appointments.
Michigan truck attorney says truck accident injuries and deaths rise for the first time in four years
Last year, truck accident fatalities in U.S. highway crashes increased 8.7 percent in 2010. This is the first increase in four years, according to the annual report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
As a truck attorney, former president of the American Association for Justice truck accident lawyer litigation group and current president of the Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association, this statistic sadly doesn’t surprise me. I know that truck companies are pushing the boundaries now more than ever before. This can be anything from pushing their truck drivers to drive past regulated hours, rushing the pre-trip inspection, or turning a blind eye to truck drivers who have caused accidents in other states and hiring them because they cost less to employ.
Auto accident attorney says latest Lansing and Ingham County, Michigan car accident numbers show a drop in crashes
Last year, Michigan Auto Law received the highest reported auto accident injury trial verdict in Lansing. And both myself and many of our auto accident attorneys help many people injured in car and truck accidents in the Lansing, Michigan area every year. From time to time, I try to publish information to help keep Lansing and Ingham County drivers safe.
Here’s the eleventh video in my series of 13 videos for truck accident attorneys from a past American Association for Justice seminar for truck accident attorneys from around the nation. In this latest video clip, I discuss how any truck accident attorney must help a jury understand how serious it is when bad truckers falsify log books after they’ve caused an injury from a truck crash. Jurors and insurance companies have to understand that falsifying log books is just as serious as lying under oath.
AVVO is a legal resource website that has a lot of good advice and information for the public. Recently, I was asked by AVVO to write a blog on how many people who are injured in accidents are finding injury attorneys nowadays.
Why the helmet law repeal will cause more motorcycle accident injuries and deaths in Michigan, other states
I was recently interviewed, as a motorcycle accident lawyer for nearly 20 years, on an Internet radio show about Michigan’s motorcycle helmet repeal. The helmet repeal law is awaiting Governor Snyder’s pen, and it will end our nearly 40-year-old motorcycle helmet law requirement. This is all a very bad idea.
The new law allows Michigan motorcyclists who are at least 21 years old to ride without a helmet. As I’ve been saying all along, this law will cause more motorcycle accident injuries, more deaths and will leave the taxpayers holding the bill.
No-Fault lawyer explains that Michigan PIP benefits pay for a ‘replacement’ to perform tasks and chores that an auto accident victim would have performed
An injured Michigan resident who is hurt in an auto accident may not be able to perform normal household chores and tasks, such as shoveling snow. But Michigan No-Fault PIP “replacement services” benefits make it possible for an accident victim’s normal household duties to still get done. It is an important Michigan No-Fault benefit (also referred to as Michigan PIP), that many people know nothing about.
