As a passenger in a car, you are putting your life into the hands of your driver. It is easy to assume that an accident will not happen. However, when an accident does happen, the injured passenger in an automobile accident has certain rights. Basic […]
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Unfortunately, dog bites are overwhelmingly common in the state of Michigan. In fact, Ingham County Animal Control reported over 600 dog bite reports just in Ingham County in 2022 alone. Furthermore, according to the US Postal Service, Michigan ranks eighth in the nation for most
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Accidents that involve big trucks tend to result in some of the highest impact crashes in the State of Michigan and nationally every year. According to the US Department of Transportation, there were approximately 500,000 trucking accidents nationwide in 2022. Of those accidents there were
Trucking or Commercial Liability Accidents – Is There a Difference? Continue Reading »
The phrases is most commonly used by injury attorneys that describe their fee in an injury case are as follows: “contingent fee” “we don’t get paid until you get paid” “no results, no fee” “no fee guarantee” What do these phrases mean and do they
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On July 28, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court announced its decision on two premises liability cases, Kandil-Elsayed v F&E Oil and Pinsky v Kroger. The decisions in these two cases present a landmark change in Michigan premises liability law. Prior to the announcement of the
Slip or Trip and Fall – Do I Now Have a Case? Continue Reading »
After you have been injured in an automobile, truck or motorcycle accident, you may wonder what the next steps may entail. If the accident was not your fault, you can expect the following basic steps to act as a general guideline for the process of
What Are The Stages of My Personal Injury Lawsuit? Continue Reading »
Jury trials are certainly stressful for all of the parties involved in the litigation. Jury trials often take at least one week and sometimes even many weeks. If you are the injured party bringing the lawsuit you will be called the stand to testify about
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After an accident, it is against the law for a driver of a vehicle involved in an accident to leave the scene of the accident. MCL257.618(1) states as follows: “the driver of a vehicle, who knows, or who has reasons to believe that he has
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You may be wondering when your case will ever end. One of the most common ways that a lawsuit ends is through a process called facilitation. The dictionary definition of a facilitation is “the process of making something possible or easier“. (Courtesy of Cambridge Dictionary)
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You have been involved in an accident and that accident was very severe. You may not have any broken bones but you are sore. You don’t feel right and you are just trying to get yourself back together after your accident. Now, your insurance company,
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