Category: Accidents

October 29, 2009

A truck driver hits and nearly kills a pedestrian. There is cocaine in his system. And during discovery, it’s found by the plaintiff’s truck accident lawyers that the truck company employing the grossly negligent driver did not have a drug testing program in the first place. Sound outrageous? As an attorney who has handled hundreds …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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October 28, 2008

In a recent blog, “Vote for Judge Diane Hathaway in the Michigan Supreme Court Election,” I discussed the importance of voting for a judge that’s independent and not beholden to powerful insurance companies. As Election Day draws near, it’s imperative that voters do their homework, and hopefully take the advice of the car accident lawyers …

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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 …

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September 16, 2008

As Michigan lawyers handling truck accidents, our truck accident lawyers have litigated several truck underride crashes. Underride truck accident cases are usually catastrophic, as most involve cars smashing at high speeds into the rear or sides of large semi trucks or tractor-trailers. Recently, my friend Ken Shigley, an excellent Atlanta truck accident lawyer, spoke on …

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September 8, 2008

Auto accident attorney garners victory for client injured by Chrysler-owned vehicle Michigan Lawyers Weekly covers Steve Gursten’s pedestrian/car accident case that resulted in a $5.6 million verdict, the largest reported auto negligence verdict for 2008. In Broeren v. Bates, a man was run over by a friend’s pickup on a hunting trip. The friend was a Chrysler …

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August 26, 2008

On Sunday, the Macomb Daily newspaper published a front-page story about Steven Gursten’s recent jury trial in Macomb County, Michigan; which resulted in a $5.65 million verdict for his clients, Tony and Lisa Broeren of Bruce Township. Tony was seriously injured in a truck accident after a friend accidentally ran him over and propelled him …

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