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Michigan Auto Law’s 2024 Year In Review

December 31, 2024 by Steven M. Gursten

Our Michigan Auto Law auto accident attorneys want to thank our clients for the honor of helping you and for placing your trust in us; We accomplished so much together in 2024

Thank you to our clients and to our friends for helping to make 2024 such a tremendous year and making it possible for us to help so many wonderful people this year. Below I’ve written an update of the past year for our annual Michigan Auto Law Year In Review blog post.

To our clients and friends, we thank you for putting your trust in us and allowing us to make a real difference for you and your family.

You are the reason we do what we do.

For over 50 years, Michigan Auto Law has specialized only in car accident law. Unlike other law firms who claim to handle a dozen or more different areas of personal injury law, our auto accident attorneys have devoted their careers and practices to focusing exclusively on helping people who have been injured in car, truck or motorcycle accidents.

Unlike other law firms, we don’t have to make up clearly fictitious and absurd settlement numbers. We don’t have to claim “a billion dollars recovered!” or other such silliness because every year our attorneys actually recover real results for the people we are honored to help. And these auto accident results, year in and year out, are better than any other law firm in Michigan.

In 2024, this included: 

  • We recovered an $8 million dog settlement, which was the largest dog bite settlement in America. While we are most known for auto accidents, our lawyers regularly recover some of the highest dog bite and premises liability settlements in Michigan. This year’s $8 million dog bite settlement is the largest ever reported settlement for a dog bite in the United States.
  • Our lawyers won a $7 million confidential settlement in a wrongful death case. 
  • Lawyers from our Grand Rapids and Farmington Hills offices joined forces to secure a $5.25 million car accident settlement for a client who suffered a serious brain injury. 
  • Our attorneys won this $2.725 million confidential car accident settlement for our client who was a pedestrian when he was struck by a vehicle. Following surgery and physical therapy, our client was able to walk normally again. 
  • Our lawyers won a $2.3 million jury verdict in Kent County for attendant care and home modifications where the auto insurance company had refused to pay any No-Fault benefits to our client after a car accident left her a paraplegic. 
  • We recovered this $2.2 million confidential car accident settlement for our client who suffered injuries to the lumbar spine, cervical spine and elbow. 
  • Our attorneys won a $2 million truck accident jury verdict on a case where the defense’s highest final settlement offer was $250,000. 
  • Our attorneys won a $1.95 million truck accident settlement involving serious injuries.
  • Our lawyers recovered a $1.8 million car accident settlement for our client who suffered sacrum and rib fractures after being injured in a crash where she was a vehicle passenger.
  • Our attorneys recovered a $1.5 million confidential car accident settlement for our client who suffered a broken leg, pelvis and sacrum. 
  • We obtained a $1.25 million settlement for our client who suffered a TBI and spine fractures in a car crash. 
  • Our attorneys secured this $1.25 million car accident settlement for our client who suffered a cervical spine injury in an intersection crash. 
  • We secured this $1.15 million settlement for our client who suffered ankle, hip and rib fractures requiring surgery after being injured in a head-on car crash. 
  • Our attorneys recovered a $1.1 million settlement for our client who suffered a femur fracture in a truck accident.
  • Our attorneys recovered a $1 million settlement in a case that was rejected by 4 other law firms who told the client the case could not be won. But our lawyers saw promise and were able to successfully negotiate this seven-figure, confidential settlement just before trial on a $0 offer from the insurance company. 
  • Our lawyers won a $475,000 verdict on a $0 defense settlement offer in the Michigan Court of Claims.
  • Our attorneys won a $250,000 verdict on a $0 defense settlement offer in conservative Isabella County. 

Results like these ensure that our clients get the help and compensation for their injuries that they deserve.

But these results also send an important message to insurance companies who have grown too accustomed to getting away with making low-ball settlement offers to other law firms.

This is an important reason why overall our auto accident attorneys are able to settle cases faster and for significantly more money than other lawyers and law firms in Michigan. 

Below are some of our Michigan Auto Law attorneys’ other accomplishments from 2024.

A Commitment To Client Service

Our entire law firm is committed to providing extraordinary client service for our clients. This year we again received the prestigious “Client’s Choice” award from AVVO for extraordinary client service, caring, and communication in the legal field for 2024.

Our commitment to caring and excellent communication is the reason why we have so many outstanding reviews from our clients, now numbering more than 2,000 reviews from real people we’ve helped throughout Michigan.  

Top Auto Accident Settlements and Trial Verdicts Year after Year

We believe there’s a good reason why more lawyers and law firms in Michigan and throughout the country refer auto accident injury cases to our law firm than to any other in the state. We’ve not only recovered the highest ever reported trucking settlement and auto accident settlement of any Michigan lawyer or law firm, but we’ve also recovered more million-dollar settlements and trial verdicts for automobile accidents than any Michigan law firm. We’ve also recovered the highest trial verdicts on record for people hurt in automobile accidents in multiple counties throughout the state.

Why is this so important? Proven trial results lead to car accident settlements that are significantly higher and faster for our clients.

But what we do for our clients is not just about settlements and verdicts. Most of the time, we are devoting our expertise, resources, and energies to just ensuring that the people we help have the help – the lifeline they need – whether that means insisting they get the wage loss benefits they are due because their injuries have disabled them from working to earn their paycheck or helping them secure transportation to get them to the doctor for needed medical treatment and care when insurance companies are busy erecting roadblocks.

Our auto accident attorneys work tirelessly to protect people injured in car accidents and to push back against insurance company abuses. 

We always have and we always will.

Our commitment to being leaders in the legal field continued in 2024:

  • Steven Gursten continues to serve in leadership roles for the American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group, the AAJ Distracted Driving Litigation Group, the AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Melvin Belli Society and the Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association.
  • Steven Gursten serves on the Michigan Association for Justice Auto No-Fault Committee, advising the MAJ on insurance issues and Michigan’s No-Fault law.
  • Our attorneys also volunteer and speak at high schools and to parent groups throughout Michigan on teaching teens and parents about the dangers of texting while driving. Michigan Auto Law also sponsors an annual college scholarship in honor of Kelsey Raffaele, the young teen driver who lost her life due to distracted driving and for whom Michigan’s teen distracted driving law, Kelsey’s Law, is named.
  • Brandon Hewitt continues to serve on the Executive Board of the Michigan Association for Justice.
  • Brandon also serves as the Chair of the MAJ committee on Autonomous Vehicles.
  • Jordan Jones was elected Secretary of American Association for Justice (AAJ) Trucking Litigation Group and the Bus Litigation Group.
  • Jordan Jones created the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys Minority Caucus and was selected as Chairperson of the ATAA Minority Caucus.
  • Jordan Jones continues to serve on the Executive Board of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Trucking Litigation Group and the AAJ Bus Litigation Group, and as a member of the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
  • Steven Gursten is a past-President of the AAJ Trucking Litigation Group, the Distracted Driving Litigation Group, and the AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group. Steve is also a past-President of the Melvin Belli Society and the Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association.  
  • For the 12th straight year, Michigan Auto Law is recognized by U.S. News & Best Lawyers’ annual “Best Law Firms” list for excellent personal injury litigation and insurance litigation in Metro Detroit.
  • Michigan Auto Law’s attorneys were again selected among the top 5% of attorneys in the U.S. — for the 16th year in a row — in the annual Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
  • Ten Michigan Auto Law attorneys were selected in 2024 as Super Lawyers – more than any other personal injury law firm in Michigan. 
  • For 13 straight years, Steven Gursten has been voted among the top 50 lawyers in the entire state of Michigan, out of over 65,000 Michigan lawyers, according to Super Lawyers.
  • Steven Gursten was named a Michigan “Go To Lawyer” for Negligence Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
  • Steven M. Gursten was named to “Michigan’s Go To Lawyers Power List” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
  • Michigan Auto Law was named one of the “Best Family-Led Law Firms” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
  • Steven Gursten, Larry Gursten, Jordan Barkey, Derek Brackon, Jeff Bussell, Jordan Ewald, Chris Hunter, Tom James, Jordan Jones, Alex Kemp, Richard Moore, Kevin Seiferheld, Mark Servais, and Josh Terebelo were selected by DBusiness Magazine as Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit for 2025.

Do You Have A Truck Accident Case in California? Michigan Auto Law and Los Angeles Truck Accident Lawyers Can Help

Michigan Auto Law is partnering with Los Angeles Truck Accident Lawyers to help people who have been injured in or lost loved ones as a result of serious truck accidents in California. 

Los Angeles Truck Accident Lawyers is a specialized law firm helping people involved in truck accidents in California. Jordan Jones has been helping truck accident victims for more than a decade. 

Jordan is a licensed California attorney and is Board Certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

There are only five lawyers in the entire state of California who have earned a Board Certification in Truck Accident Law.

Additionally, several of our attorneys, including myself, have considerable experience in the Golden State, having been brought in to co-counsel with local California attorneys on catastrophic truck accident and personal injury cases.  

If you know of someone who was seriously injured in California, we’re here to help.   

Legislative Testimony

  • Chris Hunter testified before the Michigan Senate’s Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee about Senate Bill 936, which would set limits on the fees, costs and expenses that court reporters can lawfully charge for.

Publications

  • Jordan Jones’s article, “Know the Mechanics: Understand the nuts and bolts of Rule 30(b)(6) depositions – and how they can be used successfully in truck crash cases,” was published in the February 2024 issue of Trial, a monthly magazine by the American Association for Justice.
  • Brandon Hewitt’s article, “HUDS: A leap in safety or just another distraction?,” was published in the Fall 2024 edition of the Michigan Association for Justice Journal.

Our attorneys speak at legal seminars and legal conferences throughout the U.S. every year. Check out our Seminars and Speaking Engagements page for a full list of the over 400 seminars, speaking engagements, presentations and legal conferences that our attorneys have taught.   

Michigan Auto Law thanks you!

All of us at Michigan Auto Law want to thank you and let you know we take great pride in helping and protecting people who have been injured in car, truck and motorcycle accidents – and doing so better than any other law firm in Michigan year in and year out.

We are always here for you.

May you and your families have a happy, productive and safe 2025.

Injured In A Car Accident In Michigan? Call our attorneys now for a free consultation!

If you were injured in a car accident in Michigan and you have concerns and questions about your legal rights to pain and suffering compensation, economic damages and auto No-Fault insurance benefits, call now (888) 231-9088 for a free consultation with an experienced car accident lawyer. There is no cost or obligation. You can also visit our contact page or use the chat feature on our website.

Michigan Auto Law is Michigan’s largest and most successful law firm that specializes exclusively in helping people who have been injured in auto accidents.

Our secret? Our car attorneys deliberately handle fewer cases than other personal injury law firms.  This allows us to focus more time and attention on our cases.

Unlike other law firms, attorneys are never too busy to promptly return phone calls and answer questions.

We have more than 2,000 5-Star Reviews that reflect this care and attention to detail.

More importantly, this client-focused approach leads to better and faster settlements for our clients. Michigan Auto Law has recovered more million-dollar settlements and trial verdicts for motor vehicle accidents than any other lawyer or law firm in Michigan. We’ve also recovered the highest ever reported truck accident and car crash settlement in the state.

Call now so we can start making a real difference for you.

Michigan Auto Law’s 2024 Year In Review
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