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Monthly Archives: February 2012
For Law School Students: A Career in Personal Injury
Organization: Wayne State University Law School
Event: Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Elizabeth Gleicher’s trial advocacy class
Presenter: Robert M. Raitt
Date: February 2012
City: Detroit, Michigan
Audience: Law school students
About Michigan Auto Law: Michigan Auto Law is the largest law firm exclusively handling auto accident lawsuits throughout the state. Take a look at more than 200 of our client testimonials.
Here’s more information on Robert Raitt. You can also call (800) 777-0028 to speak with one of our Michigan injury lawyers now.
Trucking Cases and Client Advocacy
Organization: National Trial Lawyers
Event: National Trial Lawyers Summit
Presenter: Steven M. Gursten
Date: January 2012
City: Miami, Florida
Audience: Truck attorneys
About Michigan Auto Law: Michigan Auto Law is the largest law firm exclusively handling auto accident lawsuits throughout the state. Take a look at more than 200 of our client testimonials.
Here’s more information on Steven Gursten. You can also call (800) 777-0028 to speak with one of our Michigan truck attorneys today.
Woman paralyzed in auto accident forced to sue for No-Fault benefits
Insurance attorney Steven Gursten tells the Macomb Daily that such insurance company abuse is rampant because Michigan is lacking bad faith laws
Steven M. Gursten, insurance attorney and head of Michigan Auto Law, was featured in a Macomb Daily story on the increasing frequency auto insurers are fighting claims, and the lawsuits that follow when auto accident victims must sue to receive the No-Fault benefits.
Gursten told the paper that insurance companies have learned it’s easier to fight catastrophic claims than pay them because plaintiffs typically settle for less: “No matter how much of a slam dunk or black and white a case is, the insurance companies have incentive to play games and not pay what they have to. Settling these cases on a discount, these companies are literally savings millions of dollars on a macro level. If it’s good business, forget the morality. It’s a shame what people have to go through and the stress it puts them under.”
Gursten added that Michigan must allow its insurance commissioner to punish companies that egregiously fail to pay on a claim and prevent companies from earning “excessive profits,” pass “bad faith” laws and/or allow juries to award punitive damages.
Here’s the full Macomb Daily story: Paralyzed Sterling Heights woman fights for insurance coverage
February 12, 2012
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