Category: Verdicts & Settlements

September 22, 2015

CVS refused to accept responsibility for disabling injuries caused by its employees’ negligence, and claimed no video surveillance You don’t expect to go to the corner drug store for a quick errand and come home a different person. But when a careless Livonia CVS employee caused metal lawn chairs to fall onto a 58-year-old Oak …

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January 12, 2015

Last week, attorneys Steven Gursten and Thomas James of Michigan Auto Law secured a $7 million settlement for a car accident in Oakland County. The settlement is confidential, at the request of both parties, and names to identify the parties cannot be provided. The case involved the wrongful death of an unmarried adult male with …

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December 17, 2014

And why this record 2014 trucking crash lawsuit isn’t really about the money at all Recently, I secured $34 million for a serious truck accident lawsuit. This is the largest-reported truck case in the nation for 2014. It is also the largest truck accident settlement ever by a Michigan attorney, according to the VerdictSearch reporter. …

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November 17, 2014

Michigan Auto Law attorney Steven Gursten settles trucking accident lawsuit for $34 million Last Thursday, I settled a truck accident lawsuit  for $34 million. I’m limited by the terms of a confidentiality agreement and cannot share the names of the parties or insurance companies, or discuss the injuries involved in the case, but some broad …

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September 19, 2014

Michigan Court of Appeals upholds attorney Steven Gursten’s verdict for an elderly man hit by his bicycle The state appeals court has upheld a $2.5 million jury verdict for the family of an 83-year-old Shelby Township man who was struck and killed by a truck while riding a bicycle at 22 Mile Road and Van …

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February 13, 2014

Michigan Lawyers Weekly lists Michigan Auto Law attorney for 17th straight year with the top-reported trial verdicts and injury settlements I’m happy to announce that a Michigan Auto Law attorney has recovered one of the highest-reported truck accident settlements in Michigan for the 2013 year. This also marks the 17th consecutive year that an attorney …

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November 11, 2013

An article by Michigan Lawyers Weekly covering attorney Kevin Seiferheld’s $2.5 million settlement on behalf of a client with back injuries. In the case, the defense argued that the accident victim’s spinal conditions were pre-existing and that the low-speed, low-impact car accident could not have caused her injuries. Read the Michigan Lawyers Weekly story here: Spinal …

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November 11, 2013

An article by Michigan Lawyers Weekly covering attorney Kevin Seiferheld’s $2.5 million settlement on behalf of a client with back injuries. In the case, the defense argued that the accident victim’s spinal conditions were pre-existing and that the low-speed, low-impact car accident could not have caused her injuries. Read the Michigan Lawyers Weekly story here: Spinal …

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February 1, 2013

$1.25 million settlement for pedestrian struck by car Last week, I wrote about our top-reported auto accident trial verdict and truck accident trial verdict,  according to the Michigan Lawyers Weekly year-end list of the top verdicts and settlements. Our own auto lawyers also received the top reported personal injury settlement in 2012, again according to …

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