Legal News
We have heard the horror stories coming out of states like Florida and California arising from “bad faith” claims against insurance companies. A bad faith claim occurs when an insurance company refuses an opportunity to settle a case within an insured’s policy limits, goes to trial on the case, and a judgment more than the available policy limits is entered against the insured.
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Read MoreA recent unpublished decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that property owners may pursue a premises liability claim against their own condominium associations for injuries suffered in common areas. The subject-case involved a condo owner who slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk outside his unit, resulting in injuries to the condo owner.
Read MoreA recent unpublished decision by the Court of Appeals of Michigan ruled that a plaintiff suing for personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under the Michigan No-Fault Act could obtain financial information about expert witnesses related to their professional work.
Read MoreRecently the United States District, Eastern District, Southern Division (Detroit, Michigan) issued a consolidated Opinion and Order imposing monetary sanctions against counsel for using AI-generated false citations. The Court identified a series of citations in the Plaintiff’s responsive briefings that appeared to be false and AI-generated. The Court noted the citations in question contained real case names, but with fake quotes or explanatory parentheticals that did not reflect the holdings of the cases cited. As a result, Plaintiff’s counsel was ordered to show cause why counsel should not be sanctioned.
Read MoreOn May 8, 2019 Plaintiff’s decedent was driving along Interstate 40 in Oklahoma when she was rearended by a semi-truck. She died from her injuries. The Personal Representative sued Total Quality Logistics, Inc. and Total Quality Logistics, LLC (“TQL”) for negligence under Ohio law. The Personal Representative alleged that TQL, in its capacity as a freight broker, negligently hired an unsafe motor carrier which resulted in the crash and death of his wife.
Read MoreThe Michigan Court of Appeals recently issued an instructive decision regarding the distribution of PIP benefits for losses that an injured person has not yet incurred. In a consolidated case before the Michigan Court of Appeals, Plaintiff appellants, Michigan Head & Spine Institute, PC and McLaren Macomb appealed the trial court’s order granting Defendant, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company’s, Motion to interplead funds and apportioning the available funds between the providers. One of the issues before the Michigan Court of Appeals was the apportionment of future attendant-care benefits to the Plaintiff.
Read MoreThis article discusses under what circumstance a nonresident owner or registrant of a motor vehicle who operates that vehicle in Michigan for an aggregate of 30 or more days in a calendar year is precluded from maintaining a 3rd party auto negligence claim for bodily injuries because the owner or registrant failed to carry Michigan no-fault insurance.
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