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Why So Many Truck Accidents in Michigan? No Punitive DamagesMichigan Truck Accident Attorneys – No Punitives
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Why So Many Truck Accidents in Michigan? No Punitive Damages Each year, there are over 110,000 Michigan citizens who are injured in accidents involving large tractor-trailers or commercial vehicles that weight over 10,000 pounds. Why does Michigan have so many truck accidents? Geography and economy have a lot to do with it, but there’s a third reason you’re not going to be aware of. And that’s because Michigan is a state that has no punitive damages. (Punitive damages are additional monies awarded to a plaintiff by a court, punishing a defendant that acted with recklessness, malice or deceit.) And what that means is every year, some of the worst truck drivers in the United States – the ones that can’t get jobs in states with punitive damages because trucking companies won’t hire them – are coming to Michigan. With that, there’s almost a form of trucking immunity, or corporate amnesty for these bad trucking companies because they know, when they come to Michigan, they aren’t going to be punished for hiring an unfit driver. The worst a trucking company will have to do is have your insurance pay for the accident and the injuries that that driver has caused. And that leads these trucking companies to go on and hire more unfit drivers, and put these drivers on the roads. www.michiganautolaw.com.
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Steve Gursten is Chair for the 2008 Interstate Truck Litigation Group for the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Michigan Auto Law has been a long standing member and contributor to the American Association for Justice (AAJ), formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA).
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Steven M. Gursten was selected as "Lawyer of the Year" for 2005, by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, the state's largest legal periodical. Steve was selected after winning a $9 million dollar pain and suffering settlement for one of his clients - the largest settlement for pain and suffering in Michigan in over ten years.
Robert M. Raitt of Michigan Auto Law is President for the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) for 2008. The attorneys at Michigan Auto Law are well-respected members of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA), dedicated to helping Michigan families seek justice when they are injured by another person's negligence.
 
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