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Tim, you are the consummate personal and professional role model due to your selfless contributions toward others. After 27 years of knowing your father and mother, my respect for the Smith Family continues to grow as a result of your kindness. -Mike
Michigan’s highest court decides a medical service provider’s defense against an attorney’s fee lien in a no-fault PIP recovery, leaving unanswered several procedural questions.
Facts & Ruling by Court: A man was catastrophically injured in a car accident and was taken to the Detroit Medical Center for care. The patient’s medical expenses were covered by the No-Fault law. Before the patient was discharged and before the DMC issued an itemization of charges to the patient’s no-fault insurer, the patient’s […]
Driving too close behind another and stopping abruptly are factors that may lead to driver liability for personal injury suffered by another. And, when multiple motor vehicles are involved in a scenario which is a factor resulting in a motorcyclist’s injury, liability for no-fault coverage afforded to the motorcyclist may rest with more than one of the involved motor vehicles.
Facts & Ruling by Court: Three cars were traveling south on M-37 approaching a curve in the roadway. Heading northbound was a motorcyclist. The first of the three cars was looking for wood. It is here where testimony of several witnesses differed on what actually occurred next: the driver of the first car says he […]
When your child leaves home to go off to school but does not sever ties with the family household, s/he is still domiciled in your home and covered by your auto insurance.
An 18 year old moved out of his family home and into a friend’s home to attend school in another town. The son, however, kept his family home address on his driver’s license and provided his school and a part-time employer with it as opposed to the friend’s. His checking account also kept his home […]
Auto no-fault insurance no longer applies to process of closing your car door Facts & Ruling by Court: An adult was placing personal items into her motor vehicle which was parked. She had reached into the passenger side of the vehicle with its door open. In one fluid motion, she stood back up to regain […]
Child’s personal injury claim against city garbage truck upheld.
Facts & Ruling by Court: A minor riding a school bus suffered bodily injuries when the school bus swiped a temporarily stopped city garbage truck that pulled back into the travel lane while the school bus was passing. The Michigan Court of Appeals held that even if the garbage truck was temporarily stopped, that […]
Good reading for healthcare providers
In 2010, Michigan’s Court of Appeals issued a published opinion on an important legal issue facing a number of our healthcare provider clients. The issue on appeal dealt with defining what are “usual and customary charges” for St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. At the trial court level, defendant was a non-profit corporation that owns and […]
Rural Development Loan and Grant Programs Available in Michigan
Congressman Dave Camp represents the people of the 4th Congressional District of Michigan, which spans from Owosso to Greenville and northward to Traverse City and the Leelanau peninsula. Camp is the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, which is one of the oldest and most powerful committees in the U.S. House of Representatives. […]
A Rare Win for Car Crash Victims in the Michigan Court of Appeals
Everyone knows that no matter where you live, you are required by law to have car insurance. Michigan is no exception to this. Also, Michigan is a no-fault auto insurance state. In Michigan, your no-fault insurance pays all your medical bills in the event that you are injured in an auto accident. So, if you […]
You and Your Michigan No-Fault Car Insurance Rights
Michigan consumers are shocked when they learn that their auto insurer is not their advocate but instead is their primary adversary. Despite responsibly paying those costly premiums for mandatory no-fault insurance, injured accident victims are repeatedly dismayed when they learn that their very own no-fault insurer’s/adjuster’s strategic goal in handling their claim is to find […]