What To Do After A Rear-End Car Accident

Unfortunately, car accidents happen all the time and they can even happen to the best and most careful drivers.  However, according to attorney Stuart Carpey, “no matter how emotional you are it’s best not to say too much at the accident scene.”  Carpey advises that, after a rear-end car accident, there are things you can [...]

Improve Your Low-Impact Car Accident Case With The Insurance Company

Some insurance companies, in attempt to reduce the amount of money you are paid as a result of a car accident, have implemented a new program in which they make low settlement offers on all soft-tissue injury claims involving low-speed crashes and minor vehicle damage.
According to attorney Richard Hastings, “[t]he new program is referred to [...]

Auto Accident Victim Fails To Prove Serious Bodily Injury

In a recent case, the Michigan Court of Appeals has found that a car accident victim failed to prove that she sustained a serious impairment of a body function.
In this case, the car accident victim was injured in a Michigan auto accident  when the car she was driving was rear-ended by a car driven by [...]

Car Accident Victim May Rely Upon Psychologist’s Opinion To Prove Closed-Head Injury

The Michigan Court of Appeals has held that, in a lawsuit for injuries filed by a Michigan car accident victim, the trial court erred b refusing to consider a Ph.D psychologist’s opinion and other evidence regarding whether the car accident victim suffered a closed-head injury in the Michigan automobile accident.
The car accident victim, proceeding through [...]

Court Finds That Car Accident Victim Entitled To Future No-Fault Insurance Benefits

The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed that a Michigan car accident victim is entitled to judgment in her favor in the amount of $173,703.46. In 2002, the car accident victim sustained injuries in a Michigan automobile accident. She was discharged from the hospital to a residential brain injury rehabilitation institute, where she spent three months before being transferred to the Ann Arbor Rehabilitation Center (AARC). State Farm provided the plaintiff’s no-fault automobile insurance, and paid for her treatment at AARC until May 2004, when it discontinued payments to AARC. The plaintiff then retained a Michigan car accident lawyer and filed suit, seeking recovery of allowable expenses incurred after May 2004. On August 29, 2006, a jury returned a verdict in her favor.