How Michigan’s New Legal Advertising Rule Violates the First Amendment
MRPC 7.2(d)’s legal advertising rule puts an end to lawyers’ ability to advertise on Google and Facebook, violates First Amendment Free Speech rights - Carefully crafted rules of professional conduct...
View ArticleMichigan No Fault Insurance Ruling Reversed
Bazzi reversed. Innocent car accident victims protected. Bazzi v. Sentinel ruling stops auto insurance companies from automatically denying No-Fault benefits to blameless car crash victims based on...
View ArticleWhat Michigan governor candidates need to do on No-Fault
How the Michigan governor candidates can both slash car insurance costs and save and preserve No-Fault benefits for car accident injury victims - It is good that the Michigan governor candidates are...
View ArticleDetroit Mayor Duggan’s No-Fault lawsuit
Here’s the easy fix to Mayor Duggan’s lawsuit to find Michigan’s auto No Fault law unconstitutional and repeal No Fault law - There’s an easy fix staring us in the face to Mayor Duggan’s lawsuit that...
View ArticleGursten tells Fox 2 Detroit why Duggan lawsuit is flawed
Duggan ignores redlining and credit scoring, two issues that hammer Detroiters and drive up car insurance rates in Motown; time to enact HB 5111 - Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has recently filed a...
View ArticleWill New Anti-Fraud Unit end Michigan No-Fault car insurance fraud?
Created by Gov. Snyder, Insurance Commissioner’s Anti Fraud Unit doesn’t address fraud by auto insurers, fraud penalties or gender discrimination in pricing - Will Gov. Snyder’s recently created Anti...
View ArticleThe “Game” of 7 Day Car Insurance Policies continues with 6 Month Policies...
“Michigan stops LA Insurance’s sale of 7 day car insurance policies, but will the uninsured driver problem in Detroit improve now that 7 day policies are being replaced with 6 month car insurance with...
View ArticleLet’s stop the widow penalty by insurance companies
Under the widow penalty, insurance companies charge women as much as 200% more; HB 5111 will stop women from being discriminated against by auto insurers - The widow penalty is one of the cruelest and...
View ArticleRules for marijuana and driving after MI passes new pot law
Marijuana and driving rules prohibit driving under the influence, as with alcohol, consuming and driving, smoking in passenger compartment; still unknown is if exception to ‘any amount’ law...
View ArticleHow to fire a lawyer
Knowing how to fire a lawyer may be one of the most important things that a car accident or personal injury victim can learn. People go to lawyers for help. But sometimes people go to the wrong lawyer.
View ArticleLast-minute Michigan No-Fault bill waddles into lame duck session
Michigan House Republicans are planning a vote, perhaps as early as today – but I’ve just heard it is more likely to take place tomorrow – on new No-Fault reform legislation in lame duck. It is...
View ArticleSenate Bill 1 – All talk on Michigan No-Fault Reform
Instead of providing specifics, Senate Republicans use Senate Bill 1 to grandstand on auto No-Fault reform - Senate Bill 1 was introduced by Sen. Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) on Tuesday. But in reality...
View ArticleCarbon monoxide poisoning lawsuit filed on behalf of Hickory Hollow tenant
Attorneys file carbon monoxide poisoning lawsuit for tenant injured by broken down boilers and inadequate ventilation - A lawsuit was filed this week to protect a tenant of an apartment complex in...
View ArticleMCCA audit: Why is car insurance so expensive in Michigan?
Drivers’ auto insurance costs to go up after MCCA fee increased to $220, prompting governor to order MCCA audit by Insurance Commissioner because drivers deserve ‘transparency’ - Why did the MCCA fee...
View ArticleMichigan legislation would repeal No-Fault auto insurance system by 2022
House Bill 4397 to replace No-Fault with fault based system in tort, where crash victims would sue for medical expenses, lost wages due to injury...
View ArticleNo-Fault: How do doctors get paid by insurance companies?
For years, doctors’ and hospitals’ medical bills have been slashed by No-Fault insurers using the insurers’ own de facto medical-provider fee schedules - How do doctors get paid by insurance companies...
View ArticleLA Insurance Still Selling Short Term Car Insurance to Michigan Drivers
After being forced by the Insurance Commissioner to take its 7-day auto insurance policies off the market, the agency offers short term car insurance policies that cancel after 13 days...
View ArticleNew Michigan No-Fault Auto Insurance Bill: What Does It Mean?
The whole point behind Michigan No-Fault auto insurance reform is to provide meaningful rate relief to drivers who pay too much. The point of real reform is to make auto No-Fault more affordable.
View ArticleWill Gov. Gretchen Whitmer veto Michigan No-Fault Reform Bills?
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican leadership have been in talks through the weekend. The two sides are now attempting to reach enough common ground for Gov. Whitmer to sign No-Fault Reform...
View ArticleCar Insurance Laws Are Changing In Michigan
The new Michigan No-Fault law was passed by the Michigan Legislature today. Lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted 94 to 15 in favor the No-Fault reform plan in Senate Bill 1 and the Senate...
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