- David Mittleman | September 23, 2011 1:00 PM | Lansing, 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...
- David Mittleman | May 04, 2011 8:57 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
By a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee of the Michigan Senate passed a bill that would require all public schools in the state to implement anti-bullying policies. Although this...
- David Mittleman | April 29, 2010 2:36 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
Lansing mayor Virg Bernero has urged Michigan House of Representatives Speaker Andy Dillon to help save taxpayer dollars by investigating Attorney General Mike Cox's lawsuit to block the new health...
- David Mittleman | December 12, 2009 1:40 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
Earlier this month I wrote about potential changes to auto insurance laws in Michigan. These laws will help level the playing field and protect consumers from profit-hungry corporations. But in...
- David Mittleman | December 02, 2009 4:42 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
Earlier this week, Democrats in the Michigan House of Representatives introduced a package of bills that would strengthen consumer protection and prevent auto insurance companies from engaging in...
- Devon Glass | November 08, 2009 9:24 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
History was made last night as the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill, and now it's up to the Senate to pass one as well. The bill passed does have a public option and will...
- David Mittleman | June 03, 2009 1:12 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
Michigan’s drug industry immunity law has been the focus of much criticism in this space and elsewhere in the media. Under Michigan law, drug manufacturers cannot be sued in Michigan for...
- David Mittleman | May 08, 2009 8:34 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
As the House and Senate take aim at the health insurance industry, a large trade group offered to end the long-running practice of charging women higher premiums than men for the same coverage. The...
- David Mittleman | April 16, 2009 9:15 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
The Michigan Association for Justice has announced that Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be the keynote speaker at its annual Convention, held on May 9 in Dearborn. The theme for the 64th...
- David Mittleman | March 30, 2009 9:46 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Malpractice
The men and women of the United States Armed Forces serve under some of the most hostile and dangerous conditions imaginable. On the battlefield, some of the most advanced equipment in the world is...