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National and local high-profile media outlets know who to contact when they need to interview experts in auto law or accidents. The attorneys of Michigan Auto Law have the knowledge, experience and television/radio interview skills that make them a frequently sought-after source by outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, CBS News, WXYZ and a host of others. For interview requests, please contact Todd Berg at [email protected] or (800) 968-1001.
Just how many truck drivers with dangerous medical conditions are causing wrecks? Last week, I was interviewed as a truck accident attorney expert on the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley. Scott, CBS and its producers wanted to dig deeper into the issue of how it’s possible that we have thousands of truckers with very …
Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s year-end list of the top trial verdicts and settlements in the state highlights two Michigan Auto Law cases from 2015 — a $7 million Oakland County car accident and a $4.6 million Wayne County general personal injury case.
Josh received a $170,000 settlement, including significant penalty interest and attorney fees for his Detroit client, on a $30,000 offer from Farmers Insurance First, let’s be honest. While insurance companies are improperly terminating hundreds, maybe even thousands of people from No Fault insurance benefits, the reality is that today there are only a small handful …
Attorney Josh Terebelo will speak on litigating auto accident cases for Canadian drivers injured in Michigan during the Michigan Association for Justice No Fault seminar This week, trial attorney Joshua Terebelo will present during the Michigan Association for Justice 12th Annual No Fault Institute. The topic is cross border legal issues in car accident cases …
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Attorneys Kevin Seiferheld and Steven Gursten weigh in on Fox 2 News The issue of when it’s time to take away the keys away from elderly drivers is in the news again, this time after a Michigan State trooper was allegedly hit and killed by an elderly driver. It isn’t the first time. It won’t …
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CVS refused to accept responsibility for disabling injuries caused by its employees’ negligence, and claimed no video surveillance You don’t expect to go to the corner drug store for a quick errand and come home a different person. But when a careless Livonia CVS employee caused metal lawn chairs to fall onto a 58-year-old Oak …
During the Auto Crash Litigation 3.0 seminar, Gursten will explain how attorneys must understand the medicine behind brain injury to prove these difficult cases to defense lawyers and insurance adjusters Today I’ll be presenting again during the Auto Crash Litigation 3.0. conference in Las Vegas. My topic is “Maximizing Damages in the Brain Injury Case.” …
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Todd Berg of Michigan Auto Law discusses liability of autonomous car accidents on Legal Talk Network’s Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast The technology of driverless cars is developing quickly. And as these vehicles – with new advanced technology that enables them to navigate without a human driver – develop, the discussions about who’s really liable in …
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Gursten on why the city’s soaring auto insurance rates are a hindrance to economic development Attorney Steven Gursten was featured in a Bloomberg News story on Detroit’s high auto insurance rates and how they’re affecting the city economically. Gursten told Bloomberg that the cost of insurance is a civil rights issue in Detroit, as insurers …
Last week, attorneys Steven Gursten and Thomas James of Michigan Auto Law secured a $7 million settlement for a car accident in Oakland County. The settlement is confidential, at the request of both parties, and names to identify the parties cannot be provided. The case involved the wrongful death of an unmarried adult male with …
And why this record 2014 trucking crash lawsuit isn’t really about the money at all Recently, I secured $34 million for a serious truck accident lawsuit. This is the largest-reported truck case in the nation for 2014. It is also the largest truck accident settlement ever by a Michigan attorney, according to the VerdictSearch reporter. …
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Attorney Steven Gursten weighs in on Channel 4 News, after two SMART bus accidents in one week left one dead and one critically injured On Thursday, reporter Kimberly Gill of Channel 4 News stopped by the office to interview me on bus safety – in the wake of two serious SMART bus accidents involving pedestrians. …
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Michigan Auto Law attorney Steven Gursten settles trucking accident lawsuit for $34 million Last Thursday, I settled a truck accident lawsuit for $34 million. I’m limited by the terms of a confidentiality agreement and cannot share the names of the parties or insurance companies, or discuss the injuries involved in the case, but some broad …
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Why underride guards will save lives in rear-end truck accidents First, let’s be clear: No one is blaming the truck drivers when a passenger car rear ends a semi tractor-trailer. The problem that exists however, is we know with statistical certainty that dozens and dozens of these truck underride crashes are going to occur every …
Michigan Court of Appeals upholds attorney Steven Gursten’s verdict for an elderly man hit by his bicycle The state appeals court has upheld a $2.5 million jury verdict for the family of an 83-year-old Shelby Township man who was struck and killed by a truck while riding a bicycle at 22 Mile Road and Van …
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Attorney Steven Gursten featured in Online Auto Insurance News as a legal expert as insurance companies try to require man to have car insurance for his wheelchair George Veness of Macomb County, Michigan is seeking benefits from State Farm and Allstate for injuries he sustained when a car hit him in his motorized scooter as he was crossing …
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Gursten tells Bloomberg Businessweek that if Allstate gets its way in a Macomb County case, all people in motorized wheelchairs better watch out Attorney Steven Gursten of Michigan Auto Law was featured as a legal expert in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek story about an underhanded shot Allstate insurance is taking at all people in motorized …
Michigan Auto Law attorney Bobby Raitt weighs in with The Detroit News Debate is heating up over how Michigan residents who are newly insured under the Affordable Care Act (also called Obamacare) may affect No Fault auto insurance rates. Michigan Auto Law partner Bobby Raitt was interviewed as an attorney expert in The Detroit News …
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A hit and run car accident is a crime in Michigan. But what if you fear for your safety if you remain at the crash scene? This question was raised after another incident in Detroit that left Nathaniel Szczerbinski, 34, of Grosse Pointe Park, beaten and hospitalized – after he tried to do the right …
Jordan Jones is the latest addition to the Michigan Auto Law team. Jordan started off at the firm as a law clerk, and he’s hit the ground running faster than perhaps any new personal injury attorney in Michigan. Jordan already assisted me with the top truck accident jury verdict in Michigan last year. He worked …
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