Posts tagged benefits

• Qualified and Competent Semi-truck drivers

  Timothy Smith | December 31, 2008 12:46 PM | 1 CommentGrand Rapids, MI Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  In a collision between your car and and 18-wheel semi-truck, who do you think is gonna win? It's not even close. We assume that the individuals who are operating semis on our state's highways are...

• Supreme Court Justice Taylor's final slap in the face to Michigan

  Timothy Smith | January 02, 2009 11:57 AM | 4 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Justice Taylor was soundly beaten in the recent election. First time ever in Michigan that a sitting Chief Justice was defeated. Ever. In interview after interview since the election, he has shown...

• Wrongfully Denied Insurance Claims

  Timothy Smith | August 04, 2009 9:37 AM | 1 CommentGrand Rapids, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  My readers may not know this, but Michigan is one of only four states that doesn't protect its consumers from some of the most underhanded practices in the home, auto and health care insurance...

• MCCA Assessment Increase Is Outrageous, Oversight Needed

  David Mittleman | March 23, 2012 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over the past year, I have posted several times about the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) and its dubious assertions that it needs more money to stay afloat. This summer, Michigan...

• Nearly 100 children killed in "backing-up" accidents in 2007

  Timothy Smith | January 28, 2009 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA] recently released data in a study evaluating backover deaths and some other types of non-traffic deaths and injuries. The NHTSA reported...

• Getting Wages Paid after an Auto Accident when you are Self Employed

  Timothy Smith | December 15, 2010 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ward v Titan Insurance Company In this interesting 2010 published opinion from Michigan Court of Appeals the court addressed the issue of what specifically is required for “reasonable...

• Wal-Mart Settles Wage and Hour Claims/FLSA Violations

  Timothy Smith | December 26, 2008 2:38 PM | 3 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  On Christmas Eve 2008, Wal-Mart agreed to settle nearly 65 state and federal class-action lawsuits filed by current and former employees. The heart of the claims made by the plaintiffs included...

• Jogging to Live Longer

  David Mittleman | May 08, 2012 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Some people swear that they will never run a day in their lives--they hate the feeling of pounding the pavement and having sweat drip from their brow. But you might want to try it since you might...

• Michigan Auto Accident Insurance Companies Pad Profits at Consumers’ Expense

  David Mittleman | September 16, 2011 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Earlier this week, I wrote about how the Michigan auto insurance industry has been lobbying our elected officials in an attempt to break its decades-old promise of providing lifetime medical...

• Auto Insurance Companies Fail to Treat Customers Right

  David Mittleman | May 23, 2011 5:04 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The economy in Michigan is tough. Now is not the time to be wasting money on products and services that provide no benefit to the consumer. Yet every year, the people of Michigan faithfully pay...