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Truck accident attorney featured on Fox News: Drug abuse among truckers

November 10, 2009

Steven M. Gursten highlights rampant drug use by truck drivers trying to stay alert and relieve stress – and how truck companies turning a blind eye are able to avoid criminal punishment after preventable truck crashes Truck accident attorney Steve Gursten is featured in an investigative Fox News Chicago story that suggests many truck companies […]

Michigan Auto Law clerk saves life of elderly driver in Southfield

October 9, 2009

The Oakland Press covers the story of Michigan Auto Law file clerk Jon O’Neill, who saved the life of an elderly man who was being dragged by his own pickup truck. O’Neill, 24, of Livonia, was walking with two co-workers when he noticed the truck heading south on northbound Telegraph in Southfield. He acted quickly, running toward […]

Record-breaking Lenawee County jury verdict – Car accident

October 5, 2009

Personal injury lawyer gets $2.1 million jury verdict for car accident victim struck by negligent teen driver Michigan Auto Law won a $2.1 million jury verdict on behalf of our client Douglas Mayher, a car accident victim whose vehicle was struck at an intersection by a speeding teenage driver, Jennifer Martin. Martin was passing a truck on the […]

Truck accident lawyer on WWJ Newsradio 950: Michigan’s truck accident crisis

September 27, 2009

Radio personality Alisa Zee interviews Steve Gursten of Michigan Auto Law on his truck safety campaign: Holding truck companies with bad safety ratings accountable for causing preventable crashes Truck accident lawyer Steve Gursten is interviewed by Alisa Zee of WWJ Newsradio 950 for his efforts to promote truck safety in Michigan. In his campaign, Gursten […]

Truck accident lawyer: How to try a truck case in Michigan

September 21, 2009

Steve Gursten tells Michigan Lawyers Weekly: Be prepared to expose lax safety standards as trucking companies continue to cut corners Steven M. Gursten is featured in a Michigan Lawyers Weekly article on how to try a truck accident case. In the story, Gursten helps other truck accident lawyers  get the most value out of a truck […]

Adrian car crash victim awarded $2 million jury verdict in Lenawee County

September 16, 2009

Auto lawyer’s car accident case breaks a record in Lenawee County The Adrian Daily Telegram reports that a $2 million jury verdict was awarded in Lenawee County Circuit Court to a man who suffered brain injury when his vehicle was hit  by a teenage girl.  Michigan Auto Law represented the personal injury victim, and gave details of […]

Truck accident attorney says time to put the brakes on dangerous trucks

September 7, 2009

Steven Gursten of Michigan Auto Law tells Lawyersandsettlements.com that he’s “disgusted” with unsafe truck companies causing preventable truck accidents LawyersAndSettlements.com interviews truck accident attorney Steve Gursten on the “national truck safety crisis.” Gursten says he keeps seeing the same kind of truck accident cases repeatedly: trucks with safety violations and unfit drivers who have had their licenses […]

McCormick v. Carrier: A second chance for auto accident victims in MI?

Auto accident lawyer says Michigan Supreme Court case McCormick v. Carrier could make it more fair for people with personal injuries to pursue pain and suffering cases Auto accident lawyer Steven M. Gursten is featured in a Michigan Lawyers Weekly article on McCormick v. Carrier, a Michigan Supreme Court case that could overturn Kreiner v. Fischer, which […]

Judge denies Chrysler request for new trial in Macomb County

December 4, 2008

Jury awarded $5.6 million to victim of a pedestrian car accident with traumatic brain injury Chrysler asked a Macomb County judge to reconsider her denial of a new trial that maintained a $5.6 million verdict to a Bruce Township man who suffered serious personal injuries in a pedestrian car accident. But Circuit Judge Mary Chrzanowski ruled […]

Truck accident attorney gets $3.9 million settlement for truck crash victim

November 24, 2008

Faulty truck, unfit epileptic driver cited in fatal Detroit truck accident Michigan Lawyers Weekly covers Steven M. Gursten’s truck accident wrongful death case that resulted in a $3.9 million settlement, the largest Michigan reported settlement for 2008. In Nunez v. Utica Transit Mix, Plaintiff Patrick Nunez was killed when a fully-loaded gravel hauler smashed into his […]

Diane Hathaway’s Michigan Supreme Court win may be end of Kreiner v. Fischer

November 10, 2008

Car Accident lawyer tells Michigan Lawyers Weekly that criticized car accident case may be overturned with Justice Hathaway on the bench Michigan Lawyers Weekly covers the effect that new Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway will have on the state’s car accident law, Kreiner v. Fischer. Steven M. Gursten and other Michigan car accident lawyers say since Hathaway’s […]

Chrysler contests $5.6 million pedestrian/auto accident verdict in Michigan

October 7, 2008

Macomb County man run over by friend is angry, his auto attorney Steve Gursten fights back The Macomb Daily covers attorney Steve Gursten’s pedestrian car accident case Broeren v. Bates, which resulted in a $5.6 million verdict after a man was run over by a friend’s pickup on a hunting trip. The vehicle driven by the […]