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Your kid got bit in the face and now some creep is filming from the street

A plumber in Ann Arbor is dealing with a child dog-bite claim and a private investigator hired to film the family for the insurance company.

ARTICLE by Frank Kowalczyk

I gave birth in Ann Arbor and now nobody wants to own the epidural damage

An Ann Arbor accountant is dealing with nerve damage after childbirth while the hospital, doctor, and staffing insurers all try to dump the claim on somebody else.

ARTICLE by LaKeisha Davis

look-back period

A lot can ride on this window of time: higher fines, longer license suspension or revocation, more expensive insurance, and a tougher path if you are trying to keep or get back...

My leg is still throbbing from that dog bite in Lansing and the insurer just denied everything

A Lansing auto mechanic got bitten by an unleashed dog in a public park, and now the insurer is dodging the claim without saying why.

ARTICLE by Marcus Thompson

I just found out the clock may run out while insurers fight over the rental car

A Kalamazoo college student with no income, no health insurance, a workplace hand injury, and CRPS can get trapped between Michigan fault rules, workers' comp, and a rental car coverage fight.

ARTICLE by Jorge Delgado

What evidence proves my husband's Warren storage-facility back injury before insurers blame his old disc?

The ER note saying "possible herniated disc after lifting/fall" helps him; the insurance company will read that same note looking for anything vague, delayed, or missing so it...

Why is Warren's insurer stalling on who ran the work zone?

"Who controlled that work zone - the City of Warren, Macomb County, or MDOT?" That is the question the adjuster is about to force onto you, and your answer matters because...

Sorting Out Michigan No-Fault After a Passenger Injury

In Michigan, an injured passenger usually has to chase no-fault benefits in a strict priority order, and insurers love using that confusion to stall.

ARTICLE by Tina Blackwell

I'm ready to drop this Flint claim and that's exactly what insurers want

A treatment gap after a Flint crash can hammer the value of a back injury claim, especially when you already had back problems, Medicare is involved, and multiple insurers are dodging the bill.

ARTICLE by Marcus Thompson

utilization review

Insurance carriers and defense attorneys often invoke this label to delay treatment, deny payment, or argue that a doctor ordered "too much" care after a job injury. What it...

FR-44 insurance

Think of it like being put on financial probation after a serious driving offense: the state wants proof that a driver carries much more insurance than the usual minimum before...

Under Michigan Court Rule 2.313, a judge can punish a party for destroying or failing to preserve evidence. The word comes from the Latin spoliare, meaning to strip or plunder....

point system DUI

A driver's license point system tracks traffic violations, and a DUI usually adds points plus separate license penalties. "Point system" means a state records certain offenses...

habitual traffic offender

What trips people up most is that this label usually does not come from one especially bad ticket. It is a legal status tied to a pattern of serious driving offenses within a...

Lansing insurer went quiet after your kid's "mild" head injury - now everyone's giving different advice

When a Michigan child's head injury was brushed off at first and symptoms keep building, the claim does not work like an adult's case and a fast payout can turn into a trap.

ARTICLE by Brian Saarinen

license revocation vs suspension

A driver's license suspension is a temporary loss of driving privileges for a set period or until certain conditions are met, while a revocation ends the license entirely and...

statute of limitations on tax collections

This deadline can decide whether the government can still take your wages, bank funds, or other property to pay old tax debt. If the clock is close to running out, your...

IID compliance period

People often mix up an IID compliance period with the time an ignition interlock device is simply installed in a vehicle. They are not the same. The installation period is just...

Your mom's stage 4 bedsore case can get wrecked by the wrong insurance fight

A stage 4 bedsore case is its own serious claim, but a rental car insurance mess can drain time and money fast, especially if any public agency is involved.

ARTICLE by Deborah VanDyke

Is the insurer setting a trap with my Ann Arbor employee's storm injury statement?

Yes - a recorded statement can lock your employee, and sometimes your business, into facts before the full injury picture is clear. In Michigan, you do not have to let an...