Laws protecting injured car accident victims in Michigan from ambulance chasing personal injury lawyers should also protect people from the claims adjusters who prey on the unsophisticated after a crash; settling cases for pennies on the dollar
Category: Attorney Solicitation
If only more attorneys did what they’re supposed to do — like returning calls and truly caring about clients — we wouldn’t need a made-up love your lawyer holiday
Until the Attorney Grievance Commission finally takes action to stop it, Detroit will keep paying for illegal attorney solicitation of car crash injury victims
Michigan’s ‘ambulance chasing’ law defines illegal ‘attorney solicitation’ of a car crash victim as a ‘verbal or written’ offer within 30 days of a car accident to ‘provide a service for a fee or other remuneration’
Studies show how automobile accident victims respond to legal TV advertising Continuing on my take of the good and the bad of lawyer advertising, I last wrote about how legal advertising often has a negative effect on people with lower incomes finding the very best injury attorneys. Today, I’m going to write about personal injury …
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The public perception of personal injury lawyers who advertise and who’s most likely to get hired, according to academic legal studies Lawyer advertising on television has been controversial since the day it began. On one hand, there are those who think legal advertising provides information and legal access to the poor, who may otherwise lack …
Attorneys who ambulance chase, i.e. unlawfully ‘solicit’ business from car accident victims, could forfeit their attorney fee or face an ethics inquiry if a complaint is filed against them by a client or an injured person’s service provider The practice of illegal attorney solicitation in Michigan has reached epidemic levels in recent years. In some …
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After yesterday’s expose on WXYZ, I explain how to identify illegal car accident lawyer solicitation and what victims can do about it In yesterday’s blog, I discussed the Channel 7 WXYZ news story on lawyer ambulance chasing in Metro Detroit. In today’s blog, I talk more about what illegal attorney solicitation is in Michigan and …
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Story shines needed light on ‘one of the oldest and most unethical practices’ that Metro Detroit accident attorneys sadly ‘still engage in’ “Ambulance chasing” lawyers are calling people within days and sometimes even hours of a car accident all over Metro Detroit. They use harassing, pressuring, and misleading tactics. These lawyers are taking advantage of …
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