Posts tagged car crash

• Serious Impairment of Body Function? Soft Tissue Injury Stops Superstar from Working

  David Mittleman | February 02, 2012 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  NHL superstar Sydney Crosby is one of the best hockey players in the world. He has won the Hart Trophy as the league’s MVP, hoisted the Stanley Cup, won Olympic gold, and been selected an...

• Michigan Bridges Receive Report Card

  Nolan Erickson | January 30, 2012 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) released its most recent Highway Bridge Report. The report details the condition of Michigan’s 4,396 highway bridges and is an...

• HB 4936 - Putting Michigan's drivers in harm's way. Part 3

  Timothy Smith | January 06, 2012 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  HB4936 – How HB 4936 in it’s current form will harm Michigan drivers In a nutshell, all that House Bill 4936 does is cap the exposure of auto insurance companies here in Michigan...

• Child Car Seat Safety Tips

  Timothy Smith | December 30, 2011 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Here in Michigan, there are laws that require parents to secure children younger than 4 years of age in a child seat in the rear seat of the vehicle. Parents are allowed to place the car seat in...

• Michigan Will Participate in National End Distracted Driving (EndDD) Campaign

  David Mittleman | December 09, 2011 8:53 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The statistics are grim: Car crashes are the #1 killer of teenagers. Some form of distracted driving is a contributing factor in 80% - about 4 million - of these accidents. For those who survive...

• Michigan’s Unpredictable Weather Means Motorists Should Take Extra Care

  Nolan Erickson | December 08, 2011 12:56 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I’ve lived in Michigan my whole life, so our recent weather doesn’t surprise me much. About the only constant with Michigan weather is the fact that it’s constantly changing....

• Michigan Auto Insurance Industry Says “Trust Us”, But Lawmakers Demand To See Facts

  David Mittleman | November 29, 2011 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over the last two and a half months, I have been writing about the Michigan auto insurance industry’s well-funded attempt to back out of its 40-year-old promise to pay unlimited lifetime...

• Michigan Auto Accident Insurance Industry Seeking to Protect Profits Over People

  David Mittleman | November 02, 2011 9:02 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over the past six weeks, I have blogged about some proposed changes to Michigan’s No-Fault insurance laws. The current version of the bill, HB 4936, has two major anti-consumer components....

• Michigan Keg-Tagging Law Set to Take Effect

  Nolan Erickson | October 18, 2011 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In two weeks, retailers will have to begin affixing identification tags to all kegs they sell, according to a Michigan law set to take effect November 1. Buyers will have to supply personal...

• Lansing Must Protect The People From Auto Accident Insurers

  David Mittleman | September 23, 2011 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Our Legislature is under enormous pressure from the very powerful auto accident insurance lobby to scale back medical benefits available to injured car crash victims. These huge corporations have...