Michigan No Fault Law

The consequences of driving a car without auto no fault insurance in Michigan are exceptionally harsh.  A recent case, released on January 29, 2008, illustrates just how severe these consequences will be.  
The car accident occurred in Traverse City, Michigan.  Mark Stallman was driving a car without automobile insurance.  Another driver crossed over the center line [...]

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Steven Gursten will be speaking on February 12, 2008 at Cooley Law School.  Steve will be speaking to the law students on future legal careers in personal injury and insurance law.  The lecture is being presented through the Career and Professional Development Office of Cooley Law School, in Lansing Michigan. 
As a personal injury lawyer who [...]

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I was interviewed today by the Michigan Lawyers Weekly about an important new auto accident decision released December 27, 2007, called Benefiel v. Auto Owners Insurance Company.  For Michigan lawyers who litigate automobile accident cases, this is the first case to analyze what the Michigan Supreme Court meant when it wrote in Kreiner v. Fischer [...]

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Don’t let your insurance company shortchange you on medical mileage reimbursement after a car accident.
Medical mileage reimbursement is an important insurance benefit that is provided under the Michigan No Fault Act.  It is available to anyone injured in an automobile accident in Michigan, provided there is no fault insurance coverage for the car or truck [...]

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How Can All lawyers in Michigan be The Best?
As a lawyer myself, I have always been bothered by how many lawyers advertise.  And the internet seems to make most of these problems worse.  When it comes to selecting a lawyer to help you, there are very few rules to protect the public from false or misleading [...]

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I was surprised by the recent editorial by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan that appeared in the Detroit Free Press on December 19, 2007.  Justice Corrigan wrote about her efforts in protecting children.  I note Justice Corrigan chose to ignore her own role in the Cameron case from last year in her article.   For [...]

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Bankruptcy Issues for when you are injured:
Unfortunately, there are many people in Michigan declaring bankruptcy these days, and serious car accidents can occur whether an economy is good or bad.  
How does a bankruptcy filing affect a person who has been injured in an automobile accident?
The most important advice I can give someone who has been [...]

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On December 4, 2007, the Michigan Supreme Court heard oral argument in Jones v. Olson.  This has many Michigan lawyers predicting an end for all but the most catastrophic car accident injury cases in this state.
Many personal injury lawyers already familiar with this divided Court have questioned why the Michigan Supreme Court would wish to [...]

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Judges, you’ve got this Kreiner case all wrong. 
We need to take another look at this “threshold creep” in Michigan’s auto accident threshold law, where each “Kreiner casualty” seems worse than the last.  We have to look at some of these decisions, cases like Jones v. Jones or Gagne v. Schulte, that are leading to such [...]

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