A health system’s actual procurement costs for surgical implants is subject to disclosure for payment consideration by auto no-fault insurers. Patients of Bronson Methodist Hospital, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, were involved in motor vehicle accidents and sustained traumatic, orthopedic injuries requiring surgical implants. Pursuant to the no-fault act (MCL 500.3107(1)(a)), Bronson submitted its charges incurred by the […]
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A Camping Trailer No Longer Qualifies for No-Fault Insurance Coverage Once It Is Parked At The Camp-Site And Is Being Used As Accommodations
A family towed their camping trailer and set it up at their designated camp site. After the camper was set up, one of the family members entered it to retrieve her glasses for reading. While exiting the camper, she slipped on the steps and suffered bodily injury requiring medical care. She applied for no-fault benefits […]
The battle to save Northern Michigan jobs and to preserve Michigan’s Auto No-fault Insurance resumes in 2012
In the 1992 and 1994 Michigan statewide elections, many remember the no-fault insurance industry’s ballot initiatives (Proposals C and D) which sought to dramatically convert Michigan’s auto no-fault insurance system into managed care funded by tax payers. These efforst were resoundingly defeated by the people of Michigan. See the Official election results here. After 17 […]
Opening a tailgate to a motor vehicle trailer triggers no-fault insurance coverage
Facts & Ruling By Court: A man was hauling waste to a landfill using his attached trailer. The tailgate would not open freely. The man pushed on the tailgate and it sprung open, causing him to lose his balance. He fell down into the landfill and suffered bodily injury requiring medical care. The no-fault act […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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