Elderly Drivers: When should the keys be taken away?
September 25, 2015
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 […]
Who’s really behind the wheel of driverless cars?
February 20, 2015
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 […]
Steven Gursten in Bloomberg: Detroit’s car insurance costs add to bankruptcy issues
January 14, 2015
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 […]
Why do SMART buses keep hitting pedestrians and causing accidents?
December 8, 2014
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. […]
Attorney Kevin Seiferheld weighs in on Fox 2 News after fatal crash with semi truck kills driver
November 4, 2014
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 […]
MI crashes raises questions about scooter insurance
July 30, 2014
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 […]
Steve Gursten in Bloomberg: Insurers Claim Granny Scooters Must Be Covered – Just Like Cars
July 24, 2014
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 […]
How will Obamacare affect No Fault insurance rates?
July 18, 2014
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 […]
Attorney Bobby Raitt tells Fox 2 what to do at crash scene if you fear for your safety
June 20, 2014
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 […]
Proposed higher speed limits in Michigan raise fears
April 6, 2014
Attorney Todd Berg tells the Livingston Daily that such a move would increase crash severity A recently release package of senate bills (SB 895-898) would allow drivers to speed up to 80 miles per hour. It would also allow truck drivers to go 10 miles an hour faster than the current speed limit, and drivers […]
Michigan Lawyers Weekly: Injury lawyers oppose No Fault bill
March 6, 2014
Attorney Todd Berg tells the legal newspaper that the proposed caps on benefits in House Speaker Bolger’s “Substitute for HB 4612” are restrictive Michigan Lawyers Weekly featured attorney Todd Berg as a legal expert in its recent story on House Speaker Jase Bolger’s latest No Fault “reform” plan, “Substitute for HB 4612.” The story outlined […]
GPS, black boxes in vehicles puts drivers privacy up for grabs
February 21, 2014
Attorney Steven Gursten tells The Detroit News how data can be used against drivers in court after auto accidents Every time a driver gets behind the wheel, odds are that car or truck is gathering information from built-in “black boxes.” Black boxes are data recorders that preserve inputs from the vehicle’s sensors. This often includes […]