Michigan trucker’s driving record shows 40 license suspensions, 5 drug crimes, 2 drunk drivings and 1 operating while impaired
From time to time, I’m going to put some of the really egregious driving records I see online. I’m doing this because I’m tired of seeing how dangerous truckers repeatedly get jobs in Michigan – jobs that they couldn’t get in other states that have punitive damages – and then go on to kill or seriously injure people.
Punitive damages acts as a deterrent. Punitive damages are additional monetary damages awarded to a personal injury victim when the defendant (trucking companies in this case) acted with recklessness, malice or deceit.
The threat of being sanctioned with punitive damages stops trucking companies in Michigan from giving jobs to truck drivers who have demonstrated they are unsafe. Without the threat
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December 28th, 2011
Michigan car accident lawyer discusses your three potential cases and explains No-Fault PIP insurance, the claim for car damage (the mini tort law), and the pain and suffering lawsuit
Here’s an overview of Michigan’s auto laws from a radio show. I was featured as a Michigan car accident lawyer. Hit the play button below, and you will be able to hear an easy-to-understand interview about the auto laws in place in Michigan and how they work if you’ve been injured in a car accident.
The story reviews your three potential cases after an auto accident:
1. Michigan No-Fault insurance benefits (also
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Insurance attorney explains why the application for No-Fault benefits is the most important part of setting up a No-Fault claim
You do not need a lawyer to fill out an application for No-Fault benefits. But after helping hundreds of car accident injury victims with their benefits in Michigan, our insurance attorneys would like to share some helpful hints.
Today, we will be discussing the application for No-Fault benefits. And in the coming weeks, we will have blogs about each of your No-Fault benefits, so you understand exactly what you’re entitled to following a serious crash.
In Michigan, an auto accident victim sets up a No-Fault claim with his or her auto insurance company by filing an “application for benefits.” This is literally an application. The application must be filed
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Motorcycle accident attorney and safety advocate discuss increase in motorcycle deaths and taxpayer costs if helmet law is repealed
I’d like to share some important information from SMARTER, a Michigan-based motorcycle safety organization.
This is from an editorial SMARTER President Dan Petterson wrote to the Lansing State Journal, in which he discusses the deadly — and financial — consequences of the proposed state motorcycle law helmet repeal, SB 291.
“The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control tells us that our current helmet law saves 25 lives and $43 million per year per 100,000 registered motorcycles.
Given that in 2010, Michigan had 266,772 motorcycle registrations (Michigan Traffic Crash Facts), we could expect an annual increase of as many as 66 deaths and as much as $114.7 million in costs added to the estimated $400 million we
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December 31st, 2011
Excellent auto accident trial lawyers from throughout the U.S. working together to protect people injured in motor vehicle cases
I’ve recently been elected president of the Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association (MVTLA). This litigation group features exceptional injury lawyers from throughout the country who only handle auto accident cases. The purpose of the group is to promote education and safety. We want to learn from each other.
Here’s the MVTLA website. You may also join the MVTLA through the “Join Association” link.
The group also promotes and endorses some of the country’s best educational seminars for injury lawyers. These conferences offer the
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