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What is the FMCSA 30 minute break rule? Under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regarding hours of service rules, all commercial truck and bus drivers need to be off-duty for at least 30 minutes after their first 8 hours of driving. There are limited exceptions to the FMCSA 30 minute break rule, such …
If a defendant has hired a biomechanical engineering expert to rebut your client’s injuries, there’s a more direct, efficient — and cheaper — way to counter him
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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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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Part 1 of my blog series on the consequences of personal injury lawyer advertising and commercials when they’re done without regard for accident victims I recently wrapped up a blog series on how to truly choose the most qualified lawyer in Michigan to help you and your family after a serious auto accident. In the …
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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What can be done to stop abuse – and outright perjury – by “independent” medical examiners? Allow recordings of all IME exams and require IME doctors to actually treat patients What do these “hired gun” doctors, and the insurance companies and defense attorneys who hire them, have to hide? That’s the real question we need …
Michigan law requires ‘good cause’ to videotape an IME, yet attorneys effectively need the videotape of an IME to show ‘good cause’ with most judges Last week, I spoke at NABIS, the North American Brain Injury Society, on protecting TBI survivors from defense attacks. At the top of my list of suggestions is that attorneys …
Published Appellate Court rulings mark second, third times that State Farm is rebuked for same argument to avoid paying uninsured motorist claims to auto accident victims How many times does State Farm have to have its hand smacked by Michigan courts before it learns to stop trying to wrongfully deny auto accident victims the “uninsured …
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