This is our ongoing series of testimonials for our attorneys. This is one for Danny Lehane: Danny Lehane is an outstanding attorney that I have been privileged to know and work with for most of my career. I have always been impressed with his expertise…
Anymore it seems that our newspaper headlines, television reports and internet stories are populated (on almost a daily basis!) with headlines related to older driver tragedies.
As part of our continuing to educate our clients and the public, we thought this would be a good series: showing who attorneys refer their cases to. Here is a testimonial for Jon Lewis: I first met Jon when he represented my wife following an…
Where do attorneys refer cases? For example, if you have a business lawyer and a family member is involved in a car accident, would you ask the business lawyer what attorney he/she would recommend? If so, who do you think that lawyer would recommend? Most…
New Jersey is a dangerous place for bicyclists. Among the 50 states, New Jersey had the second-highest percentage of fatal motor vehicle accidents, 28.9 percent, that claimed the lives of pedestrians or bicyclists in 2012. That percentage rose to 32.4 in 2014, according to the…
Before getting into an “Uber” car in Michigan, or for that matter becoming an Uber driver in Michigan, it would be prudent to thoroughly investigate the idea before proceeding with either plan. There are several inherent insurance related risks associated with doing so when it comes…
The Michigan Court of Appeals has just reaffirmed a boat owner’s duty and resulting liability to his/her passengers while boarding. The case is Lenhoff v Rechter, an unpublished per curiam opinion (Docket No. , dated May 12, 2016). In Lenhoff, the plaintiff was injured when she fell…
Jesperson v Auto Club Ins Ass’n, ___ Mich ___ (2016)(Docket No. 150332, dated March 21, 2016). In Jesperson, the injured person never submitted to the liable no-fault insurer, written notice of his no-fault PIP claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, more than a year after the accident,…
A bill signed into law this past January mandates that new school buses in New Jersey will have to be equipped with exterior object-detecting sensors. Over the past 10 years, an average of nine and a half students have died each year in the school…
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently published a case that holds that a person who is injured while occupying an uninsured vehicle that is not operable may recover no-fault PIP benefits. The case is Shinn v State of Michigan Assigned Claims Facility, ___ Mich App ___ (Docket No. 324227,…
A union official says New Jersey Transit and rail worker unions are closer than they were on Monday to reaching an agreement that would head off a strike this weekend, but negotiations ended Tuesday without a deal in place. The two sides will meet again…
Vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for children aged 1 to 13 years old. In many cases, the faulty design of a child car seat, along with improperly restrained children, can significantly contribute to this problem.
