Car accident lawyer gives 6 tips to drive a roundabout, and discusses whether roundabouts cause or prevent car accidents

There are least 20 roundabouts in Southeast Michigan, with many more proposed. As a car accident lawyer, I often hear my clients and my friends complain about how complicated these new roundabouts are.

The truth is, roundabouts are actually  easier to navigate than traditional intersections with one important caveat: you have to know the proper way to drive a roundabout.  Roundabout driving is something that many drivers, and especially elderly drivers, are unfamiliar with.

Michigan auto accident attorney provides a winter driving checklist

Winter again. Now is the time to get prepared for winter driving. In metro Detroit, we’re expected to get one to five inches tonight. In the Upper Peninsula, we’ve gotten heaps of snow already. Winter weather also means more auto accidents, in part caused by drivers who are unprepared for snow and ice.

As auto accident attorneys, we want you to get a head start on preparing, so you know what to do. There are easy tips that can get you home safe and sound after an unexpected snowfall or a dramatic drop in temperature.

Watch out: Medicare should not be billed for car accidents in Michigan

If you’ve been injured in a car accident, your medical doctors should be billing your No-Fault auto insurance. But many doctors - and some accident lawyers - don’t understand this and mistakenly bill Medicare. This is very problematic.

Here’s the rub: When Medicare pays for car accident-related medical treatment, it will be entitled to reimbursement for those payments.

If you’re the victim of a car accident and you’re in pain and need medical help, Medicare is probably the last thing on your mind. But you must inform your Michigan accident lawyer that you have Medicare… because ignoring Medicare can have serious consequences.

Court rules that chiropractor was properly licensed to perform treatments rendered to Michigan auto accident victims

I like chiropractors. They fix people. The large studies show they are effective at “mechanical” traumatic injuries that occur after car accidents.

Insurance companies do not like chiropractors.  They come up with lots of ways to try to avoid paying chiropractors who treat Michigan auto accident victims.  Our own insurance lawyers are all too familiar with how certain Michigan auto insurance companies will seemingly stop at nothing to avoid having to pay chiropractors. A recent important case shows the depths to which No-Fault insurers will stoop to save a buck.

A Thanksgiving checklist to help you avoid a holiday in  the hospital, from our Michigan injury lawyers

William Shatner is getting attention this Thanksgiving holiday for another satiric commercial. But this funny commercial for State Farm has a great message: Be careful with your turkey fryer!

Why does Shatner care? Well, more cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year. According to State Farm, grease and cooking-related claims more than double on Thanksgiving Day compared to an average day in November.

Hospitals, universities and medical professionals say No-Fault legislation means  job loss, lowering of medical care for Oakland County Michigan

As  Michigan accident attorneys, our opposition to HB 4936 is now well known. The insurance company-sponsored legislation is devastating to injured auto accident victims. Currently, Michigan has the best No-Fault insurance benefits in the nation, largely due to our lifetime medical benefits for necessary medical care, attendant care, and top- quality medical providers for serious traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury victims.

President of SMARTER and motorcycle lawyer give another reason to wear motorcycle helmets

Well,  looks like the Michigan Legislature is going to pass the motorcycle helmet repeal, enabling motorcyclists 21 and over to ride without a helmet in Michigan.

As a motorcycle lawyer whose law firm has probably  handled more motorcycle accident injury lawsuits than any other attorney in Michigan, I can say from experience that there are many things wrong with this proposed helmet repeal. As I told Dr. Frank McGeorge, a television news reporter from Channel 4 who interviewed me last week about the serious risks of the motorcycle repeal, with the increased risks of traumatic brain injury and other catastrophic injuries for motorcycle riders, this is just a boondoggle for Michigan insurance companies. These insurance companies are shifting the risk and the financial responsibility onto Michigan taxpayers.

Michigan car accident injury attorneys give safety advice for “biggest bar night of the year” and Thanksgiving road trips

Time  for my annual Thanksgiving safety blog.  Thanksgiving is known for stuffing ourselves to the point of no return, and many people don’t realize how dangerous the “biggest bar night of the year” can be.  Yes folks, the night before Thanksgiving has been deemed the “biggest bar night of the year” in Michigan and other states based upon all the auto accidents, drunk driving crashes and police stops.

This means lots of alcohol.

Steve is quoted on “independent” medical examiners (IMEs) making vast amounts while finding “nothing wrong” with seriously injured accident victims, and the auto insurance companies’ push for No-Fault “reform”

Last week, I was quoted in an in-depth story in DBusiness magazine on insurance fraud and abuse in Michigan. The story delves into the insurance company abuse that I write about so often in this blog as a Michigan accident lawyer.

Here’s the DBusiness story: “Delay, deny defend.”

Michigan auto accident attorney gives 9 safety tips to prevent pedestrian-car accidents from occurring

Car accidents involving pedestrians are  more common than you may think.  Especially in a college town like Ann Arbor (where my firm has a law office on Main Street), pedestrians being hit by cars and suffering personal injuries sadly happens quite often. According to the most recent statistics available, 131 people died in pedestrian accidents in 2010, and 1,883 people were injured.*

Of these pedestrians killed, 36 percent were killed while crossing the streets. This may be part of the reason Ann Arbor instituted its new pedestrian safety ordinance.