Posts tagged grand rapids

• Grand Rapids Considers Mandatory Residential Sprinklers

  Nolan Erickson | February 22, 2012 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The city of Grand Rapids, Michigan is in the early stages of investigating whether to incentivize or require interior sprinklers in new homes. Although early studies indicate fire suppression is...

• Wrong-Way Crashes: Terrifying and Deadly

  Nolan Erickson | August 16, 2011 8:39 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Imagine driving down the road, minding your own business, when suddenly you see a pair of headlights heading straight for you. This is what happens in a “wrong-way” car crash – for...

• Fires Claim Four Lives In Grand Rapids This Week

  Nolan Erickson | April 15, 2011 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Three separate house fires have made for a tragic week in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On Monday, a 62-year-old man was injured in a blaze on the Northwest Side and later died at an area hospital. Last...

• Two Car Crash Injures Four in West Michigan

  Nolan Erickson | June 14, 2010 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four people were injured, one seriously, in a two vehicle auto accident yesterday afternoon in Zeeland Township, Michigan. The crash occurred when a van carrying five people crossed the path of a...

• Michigan State University Researcher Explores Causes of Cerebral Palsy

  David Mittleman | April 02, 2010 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Further cementing its status as a world-class research institution, Michigan State University is leading an innovative study on the causes of cerebral palsy. Noted epidemiologist Nigel Paneth and...

• Grand Rapids Teenager Tragically Dies In Car Accident While Texting and Driving

  David Mittleman | February 20, 2010 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Georgetown Township, MI—tragically, a Grand-Rapids teenager died after striking a pickup truck on January 12. After conducting interviews with witnesses and conducting an investigation,...

• Survive Black Friday?

  Timothy Smith | November 28, 2009 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A number of years ago, I represented a young woman who was injured by a crowd that had gathered outside a Wal-Mart in Cadillac Michigan after reading about a new home video gaming system that was...

• Recent Michigan Taser Incidents Cause Concern for Safety, Use of Force

  David Mittleman | November 17, 2009 5:11 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Two recent incidents involving the use of Tasers have grabbed headlines throughout Michigan and around the country, again raising doubts about the safety of the product and its use by law...

• MSU Student Killed in Grand Rapids-Area Car Crash

  Devon Glass | October 21, 2009 7:36 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Jeremy Sobczak-Obetts was, by all accounts, a hard-working and humorous individual with a bright future. A senior at Michigan State University, he had hoped to graduate with a degree in food service...

• Meadows Introduces Bill to Ensure Transparent Disbursement of Settlement Money

  David Mittleman | July 29, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  State Representative Mark Meadows (D-East Lansing), chair of the Michigan State House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, has taken aim at the office of state Attorney General and its current...