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When you or a loved one is seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident, it’s natural to assume your Michigan no-fault insurance company is going to be there for you, right?
After all, you’ve paid your premiums for so many claim-free years! So now all you need to do is submit your injury claims and get compensated. Right?
Wrong!
Especially when serious injuries are involved.
Car accident claims with serious injuries can be really complicated – often involving lengthy physical and emotional recovery, unforeseen complications, and multiple legal issues – each with its own corresponding rights, claims and compensation.
And your insurance company is under no legal obligation to tell you about any of them.
Which means if you don’t know car accident injury law, chances are good you’ll wish you’d gotten an experienced Michigan car accident injury attorney involved right from the start.
Why take chances? Call me, Glenn Steeg, the approachable personal injury car accident attorney, for your no-cost car accident injuries case evaluation.
I’ve been helping people recover from car accident injuries for decades – and I’m happy to answer your questions, too!
Whether we work together or not, I’ll give you my honest opinion & professional legal advice about the next steps you need to take to get the help and care you deserve.
The call is free; the advice you get could make a world of difference for you and your loved ones. Call now!
• In 2021, October & November combined accounted for 21.4% of all total Michigan car accidents with injuries.
• August was the month with highest percentage of fatal car accidents at 34.4%.
• Statistically, Fridays were the most dangerous days to drive, with 16.5% of all accidents causing injuries occurring on Fridays.
• Saturdays and Sundays showed the highest percentage of fatal car accidents at 33.7% combined.
• 22% of all car accidents with injuries happen between 3 pm and 6 pm.
• 72.9% of all accidents with injuries happened on dry pavement, with 14.7% occurring on wet pavement and just 5.4% on icy roads.
• 20.3% of accidents with injuries happened on M-routes (Michigan highways), compared with 8.8% on US highways and 9.8% on interstates within the state.
• 4.4% of accidents causing injuries were attributable to alcohol or drug use.
• That’s less than the 5.8% of car accident injuries caused by drivers who were distracted by electronic devices.
• Being sideswiped, hit on an angle, and head-on collisions accounted for 53.6% of all injury-causing crashes involving more than one vehicle.
• Just 2% of all car accidents with injuries occurred within work zones.
• Police, fire, and ambulance-involved crashes accounted for less than 1% of total car accidents causing injuries.
Fill out this quick & easy form for your no cost, no obligation case review from an experienced west Michigan car accident attorney!
Regular office hours are Monday – Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Other times are available by appointment, so don’t hesitate to call.
When you or a loved one is seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident, it’s natural to assume your Michigan no-fault insurance company is going to be there for you, right?
After all, you’ve paid your premiums for so many claim-free years! So now all you need to do is submit your injury claims and get compensated. Right?
Wrong!
Especially when serious injuries are involved.
Car accident claims with serious injuries can be really complicated – often involving lengthy physical and emotional recovery, unforeseen complications, and multiple legal issues – each with its own corresponding rights, claims and compensation.
And your insurance company is under no legal obligation to tell you about any of them.
Which means if you don’t know car accident injury law, chances are good you’ll wish you’d gotten an experienced Michigan car accident injury attorney involved right from the start.
Why take chances? Call me, Glenn Steeg, the approachable personal injury car accident attorney, for your no-cost car accident injuries case evaluation.
I’ve been helping people recover from car accident injuries for decades – and I’m happy to answer your questions, too!
Whether we work together or not, I’ll give you my honest opinion & professional legal advice about the next steps you need to take to get the help and care you deserve.
The call is free; the advice you get could make a world of difference for you and your loved ones. Call now!
Fill out this quick & easy form for your no cost, no obligation claim review from an experienced west Michigan injury attorney!
• In 2021, October & November combined accounted for 21.4% of all total Michigan car accidents with injuries.
• August was the month with highest percentage of fatal car accidents at 34.4%.
• Statistically, Fridays were the most dangerous days to drive, with 16.5% of all accidents causing injuries occurring on Fridays.
• Saturdays and Sundays showed the highest percentage of fatal car accidents at 33.7% combined.
• 22% of all car accidents with injuries happen between 3 pm and 6 pm.
• 72.9% of all accidents with injuries happened on dry pavement, with 14.7% occurring on wet pavement and just 5.4% on icy roads.
• 20.3% of accidents with injuries happened on M-routes (Michigan highways), compared with 8.8% on US highways and 9.8% on interstates within the state.
• 4.4% of accidents causing injuries were attributable to alcohol or drug use.
• That’s less than the 5.8% of car accident injuries caused by drivers who were distracted by electronic devices.
• Being sideswiped, hit on an angle, and head-on collisions accounted for 53.6% of all injury-causing crashes involving more than one vehicle.
• Just 2% of all car accidents with injuries occurred within work zones.
• Police, fire, and ambulance-involved crashes accounted for less than 1% of total car accidents causing injuries.
f you’ve never been involved in a car accident injury claim before, you have no idea what to expect. And that can add extra stress and fear to an already stressful time.
Below is a brief overview of who gets involved in car accident injury claims, and how what they do fits in to the overall picture.
As you can see just from this overview, car accident injury claims are a complicated process involving many different people.
When you choose to work with a car accident injury attorney, he or she keeps all the players straight and tasks organized on your behalf while you or your loved one recovers.
That not only dramatically reduces the burden on you or your loved one, but also provides the healthiest atmosphere for victim’s recovery. Studies show it may even contribute to faster healing and increased motivation to focus on the recovery tasks at hand!
Additionally, working with an experienced car accident injury attorney ensures you make every car accident injury claim you’re entitled to under Michigan law, and get the full compensation your injuries – or those of your loved one – deserve:
When a tragic car accident strikes, make no mistake: you & your family come first and foremost. Everything and everyone that’s involved is all about providing the care, comfort, resources & information you and your loved ones need to get through the shock, fear, uncertainty, financial and other hardships you face. Don’t settle for less.
The fine front-line folk providing you or your loved ones emergency medical services after a car accident with severe injuries. You may never know their names … but they are critical in your time of need, as well as important sources of information for police reports. They may also be called as witnesses should your case go to court.
There’s no time for questions when your medical team is doing what needs to be done for you or your loved one. In spite of fear, anxiety, and worry, you or your loved one are in the very best possible hands. Medical records, diagnosis, and treatment are all important documentation when making a car accident injury insurance claim.
Witnesses are important in establishing fault in an accident, and – along with physical evidence at the scene – help determine who’s to blame. Identifying the negligent party is crucial to making your car accident injury insurance claims. Both the police and your car accident attorney will be speaking with your witnesses.
If you’ve never paid close attention to your car insurance injury coverages before, you will now! From your initial interview to every conversation afterwards, your insurance provider will know a lot more about what’s covered than you do. After all, they’re insurance experts … and this is all new to you. Confusion and frustration are common.
Your insurance company has an attorney, and that’s reason enough to hire your own car accident injury lawyer. Should a reasonable agreement fail to be reached between you, your attorney, and the applicable insurance company’s, a lawsuit is filed and you’re all going to court. In front of a judge and jury. That means formal depositions, motions, and filings.
When a tragic car accident strikes, make no mistake: you & your family come first and foremost. Everything and everyone that’s involved is all about providing the care, comfort, resources & information you and your loved ones need to get through the shock, fear, uncertainty, financial and other hardships you face. Don’t settle for less.
The fine front-line folk providing you or your loved ones emergency medical services after a car accident with severe injuries. You may never know their names … but they are critical in your time of need, as well as important sources of information for police reports. They may also be called as witnesses should your case go to court.
Witnesses are important in establishing fault in an accident, and – along with physical evidence at the scene – help determine who’s to blame. Identifying the negligent party is crucial to making your car accident injury insurance claims. Both the police and your car accident attorney will be speaking with your witnesses.
There’s no time for questions when your medical team is doing what needs to be done for you or your loved one. In spite of fear, anxiety, and worry, you or your loved one are in the very best possible hands. Medical records, diagnosis, and treatment are all important documentation when making a car accident injury insurance claim.
If you’ve never paid close attention to your car insurance injury coverages before, you will now! From your initial interview to every conversation afterwards, your insurance provider will know a lot more about what’s covered than you do. After all, they’re insurance experts … and this is all new to you. Confusion and frustration are common.
Your insurance company has an attorney, and that’s reason enough to hire your own car accident injury lawyer. Should a reasonable agreement fail to be reached between you, your attorney, and the applicable insurance company’s, a lawsuit is filed and you’re all going to court. In front of a judge and jury. That means formal depositions, motions, and filings.
Let’s face it: you probably haven’t spent 30 seconds of your life thinking about your car accident injury insurance coverage – now someone’s life depends on how well you negotiate your way through unfamiliar injury claim terrain, with all its twists and turns, forms and deadlines, phone calls and questions, coverage refusals and complications. Ug.
It’s stressful enough trying to recover, or being there for a loved one while they are trying to recover. Hiring a well-qualified car accident injury attorney can not only take the additional pressure off you & your family, it can also make sure no claim you’re entitled to under Michigan law gets overlooked.
Does that drunk driver have insurance? What if the at-fault driver doesn’t file a claim against their insurance company? What do I do if my injuries are beyond my own car insurance policy limits? How does Michigan no-fault work when injuries are involved?
Unfortunately, none of these questions come to mind until after you or a loved one is injured in a car accident! That’s why you’ll want to work with an experienced accident injury attorney who already knows the answers … or at least has a successful track record of knowing where to get them!
Working with an experienced car accident attorney eliminates injury claim doubts and guesswork. You should not be at all surprised when your car accident lawyer gives you a list of injury claims you are legally entitled to make, many of which you didn’t even know existed or that your car accident injuries entitle you to make.
An experienced car accident injury attorney knows the incredible stress, worry, fear, and hardship recovering from a serious car accident injury involves. A good car accident injury attorney will take all the extra effort off your shoulders, so you and your loved ones can recover without the additional stress, distraction, frustration and confusion of dealing with insurance company red tape and physical, mental, emotional, and financial instability.
When you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a car accident, it’s terrifying to not know whether a full recovery will be made, and what the long term effects of a car accident injury may be.
No one can predict the future, of course … but you have enough uncertainty just dealing with medical, mental & emotional, and financial fears you find yourself facing after serious car accident injuries.
Finding a car accident attorney you can trust to take the insurance claims part off your plate is a huge relief … while you or your loved one are fighting to recover, your car accident attorney is fighting to get you the full compensation you deserve under Michigan law.
An experienced car accident attorney can also provide clear, logical, legal guidance that points you toward qualified resources you or your loved one may need to take the next step in recovery.
It’s sad but true: when discussing your car accident injury claim with your insurance provider, what you DON’T say is as important as what you DO say. A well-qualified car accident injury attorney knows the right things to say at the right times – and what NOT to say at all! – so insurance adjusters view your car accident injury claims in their most favorable legal light.
Time. Patience. Care & concern. Money. Faith & hope … all are precious resources that become even more so when you or a loved one is recovering from serious car accident injuries. Working with a car accident injury lawyer can give you more time to recover in peace, with less financial stress. That’s because car accident injury attorneys work on a contingency basis, meaning everything they do for you is done at no cost until a final verdict or settlement is reached. Your car accident injury attorney is compensated after the fact as a percent of your overall financial recovery, so there’s no extra financial strain on you during an already difficult time.
When you or a loved one is seriously injured in an auto accident, you’re going to want an attorney who specializes in car accident injury cases. If you talk with an attorney who’s a generalist, at least make sure you also talk with an attorney or two who are specialists in car accident injury law. You’ll sense whether a specialist’s depth of experience makes a difference for your case or not.
Even if you don’t like the idea of taking a lawsuit all the way to trial, you’re going to want to work with a car accident attorney who DOES. Insurance adjusters know which car accident injury attorneys have extensive trial experience and which ones don’t. A car accident attorney with a reputation for succeeding in court puts your case in a stronger position right from the start.
Be aware that while many car accident injury lawyers and law firms boast win rates as high as 99%, that is not a true measure of success if they refuse to take cases that aren’t obvious wins from the get-go.
It can also be an indication that they have a certain minimum case value quota to meet, and refuse cases that don’t meet that minimum.
Some large firms are known for refusing car accident injury cases either on merits or dollar value, then refer those cases to other attorneys in exchange for a referral fee.
You may not want to deal with a firm that makes you feel like a little fish in a big pond, or one which makes a significant portion of revenue for referring cases to others.
Be advised that “wins” have no legal definition under the law, except in court verdicts, so how a car accident injury attorney defines a “win” is entirely subjective. What matters is that your car accident attorney’s definition of “winning” is in line with your own needs and expectations regarding results.
For some, that may mean less aggressive settling out of court, while others may be open to an more aggressive willingness to go to trial.
Getting clear on how you yourself define success in your particular situation will help you choose a car accident injury attorney who’s best suited to help you succeed.
Car insurance companies are in the business of making money, not paying it out in claims. Knowing what a car accident injury lawyer was able to get for his or her clients above what their insurance company offered is a good indication that the attorney is willing to fight to get you every penny you lawfully deserve.
It does you no good to decide on a car accident injury lawyer you like and trust, only to find out that he or she is not the one who’s going to be putting in the work on your case. It’s best when the person whose qualifications and personality you feel good about is the same one who’s actually working on your case.
Let’s face it: you probably haven’t spent 30 seconds of your life thinking about your car accident injury insurance coverage – now someone’s life depends on how well you negotiate your way through unfamiliar injury claim terrain, with all its twists and turns, forms and deadlines, phone calls and questions, coverage refusals and complications. Ug.
It’s stressful enough trying to recover, or being there for a loved one while they are trying to recover. Hiring a well-qualified car accident injury attorney can not only take the additional pressure off you & your family, it can also make sure no claim you’re entitled to under Michigan law gets overlooked.
Does that drunk driver have insurance? What if the at-fault driver doesn’t file a claim against their insurance company? What do I do if my injuries are beyond my own car insurance policy limits? How does Michigan no-fault work when injuries are involved?
Unfortunately, none of these questions come to mind until after you or a loved one is injured in a car accident! That’s why you’ll want to work with an experienced accident injury attorney who already knows the answers … or at least has a successful track record of knowing where to get them!
Working with an experienced car accident attorney eliminates injury claim doubts and guesswork. You should not be at all surprised when your car accident lawyer gives you a list of injury claims you are legally entitled to make, many of which you didn’t even know existed or that your car accident injuries entitle you to make.
An experienced car accident injury attorney knows the incredible stress, worry, fear, and hardship recovering from a serious car accident injury involves. A good car accident injury attorney will take all the extra effort off your shoulders, so you and your loved ones can recover without the additional stress, distraction, frustration and confusion of dealing with insurance company red tape and physical, mental, emotional, and financial instability.
When you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a car accident, it’s terrifying to not know whether a full recovery will be made, and what the long term effects of a car accident injury may be.
No one can predict the future, of course … but you have enough uncertainty just dealing with medical, mental & emotional, and financial fears you find yourself facing after serious car accident injuries.
Finding a car accident attorney you can trust to take the insurance claims part off your plate is a huge relief … while you or your loved one are fighting to recover, your car accident attorney is fighting to get you the full compensation you deserve under Michigan law.
An experienced car accident attorney can also provide clear, logical, legal guidance that points you toward qualified resources you or your loved one may need to take the next step in recovery.
It’s sad but true: when discussing your car accident injury claim with your insurance provider, what you DON’T say is as important as what you DO say. A well-qualified car accident injury attorney knows the right things to say at the right times – and what NOT to say at all! – so insurance adjusters view your car accident injury claims in their most favorable legal light.
Time. Patience. Care & concern. Money. Faith & hope … all are precious resources that become even more so when you or a loved one is recovering from serious car accident injuries. Working with a car accident injury lawyer can give you more time to recover in peace, with less financial stress. That’s because car accident injury attorneys work on a contingency basis, meaning everything they do for you is done at no cost until a final verdict or settlement is reached. Your car accident injury attorney is compensated after the fact as a percent of your overall financial recovery, so there’s no extra financial strain on you during an already difficult time.
When you or a loved one is seriously injured in an auto accident, you’re going to want an attorney who specializes in car accident injury cases. If you talk with an attorney who’s a generalist, at least make sure you also talk with an attorney or two who are specialists in car accident injury law. You’ll sense whether a specialist’s depth of experience makes a difference for your case or not.
Even if you don’t like the idea of taking a lawsuit all the way to trial, you’re going to want to work with a car accident attorney who DOES. Insurance adjusters know which car accident injury attorneys have extensive trial experience and which ones don’t. A car accident attorney with a reputation for succeeding in court puts your case in a stronger position right from the start.
Be aware that while many car accident injury lawyers and law firms boast win rates as high as 99%, that is not a true measure of success if they refuse to take cases that aren’t obvious wins from the get-go.
It can also be an indication that they have a certain minimum case value quota to meet, and refuse cases that don’t meet that minimum.
Some large firms are known for refusing car accident injury cases either on merits or dollar value, then refer those cases to other attorneys in exchange for a referral fee.
You may not want to deal with a firm that makes you feel like a little fish in a big pond, or one which makes a significant portion of revenue for referring cases to others.
Be advised that “wins” have no legal definition under the law, except in court verdicts, so how a car accident injury attorney defines a “win” is entirely subjective. What matters is that your car accident attorney’s definition of “winning” is in line with your own needs and expectations regarding results.
For some, that may mean less aggressive settling out of court, while others may be open to an more aggressive willingness to go to trial.
Getting clear on how you yourself define success in your particular situation will help you choose a car accident injury attorney who’s best suited to help you succeed.
Car insurance companies are in the business of making money, not paying it out in claims. Knowing what a car accident injury lawyer was able to get for his or her clients above what their insurance company offered is a good indication that the attorney is willing to fight to get you every penny you lawfully deserve.
It does you no good to decide on a car accident injury lawyer you like and trust, only to find out that he or she is not the one who’s going to be putting in the work on your case. It’s best when the person whose qualifications and personality you feel good about is the same one who’s actually working on your case.
Did you know car accident injury attorneys do all the work on your case at no cost to you?
So a better question to ask might be: how much does it cost not to work with a car accident injury attorney?
Because car accident injury attorneys typically work on a contingency basis, they don’t get paid until your case is concluded, then get a percentage of the total result as compensation for their efforts.
In Michigan, that percentage is legally capped at 33% – meaning no lawyer can receive more than one third the total case results for the services he or she provided throughout your car accident injury case.
While one third may seem like a hefty percentage, the contingency system is very beneficial to car accident injury victims in several ways:
First, car accident injury victims do not have expensive monthly legal bills to pay when they have reduced income (or no income at all) coming in, or large medical bills to be concerned about paying. That helps relieve their financial burdens so they can concentrate all their efforts on getting better.
Second, the contingency system ensures car accident attorneys work aggressively to get their client the highest total compensation possible.
Third, history shows that car accident injury victims who work with an experienced personal injury attorney generally end up with 3 to 4 times as much compensation for their injuries as they could have gotten without an attorney (I personally have gotten as much as 30 times what the insurance company originally offered for my clients!).
Fourth, an attorney knows it is in their client’s best interest to get their claims resolved as soon as possible, and is willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. The detours and roadblocks that inevitably come up are handled as efficiently and effectively as possible – even if that process can be painfully slow. That’s because an experienced car accident injury attorney will always put what is right ahead of what is expedient – while staying mindful that the quicker their case is resolved successfully, the sooner their client will have peace of mind.
Finally, and most importantly, contingency attorney compensation gives all people equal access to professional legal services and to Michigan courts of law.
Without contingency compensation, in which attorneys take no compensation until after the case is concluded, only the wealthiest among us could afford to pay by the hour for professional legal services as cases progress (which can take months or years to conclude). Contingency compensation levels the playing field and provides equal access to car accident injury attorney services regardless of income level and other socio-economic factors.
A FINAL NOTE: in your search for the right car accident injury attorney to handle your case, please be skeptical about using on-line injury calculators or working with lawyers who give you estimates up-front about what your car accident injury case is worth.
There’s a difference between what a case may be worth and what insurance monies may be available for compensation. Applicable policy limits may influence the value of your case, so injury calculators and uninformed estimates are rarely accurate and shouldn’t be used as the basis on which to decide who your car accident injury attorney should be. Just a word the wise.
Did you know car accident injury attorneys do all the work on your case at no cost to you?
So a better question to ask might be: how much does it cost not to work with a car accident personal injury attorney?
Because car accident injury attorneys typically work on a contingency basis, they don’t get paid until your case is concluded, then get a percentage of the total result as compensation for their efforts.
In Michigan, that percentage is legally capped at 33% – meaning no lawyer can receive more than one third the total case results for the services he or she provided throughout your car accident injury case, no matter how much time was put in to getting you the results you deserve.
While one third may seem like a hefty percentage, the contingency system is very beneficial to car accident injury victims in several ways:
First, car accident injury victims do not have expensive monthly legal bills to pay when they have reduced income (or no income at all) coming in, or large medical bills to be concerned about paying. That helps relieve their financial burdens so they can concentrate all their efforts on getting better.
Second, the contingency system ensures car accident attorneys work aggressively to get their client the highest total compensation possible.
Third, decades of history consistently shows that car accident injury victims who work with an experienced personal injury attorney generally end up with 3 to 4 times as much compensation for their injuries as they could have gotten without an attorney (I personally have gotten as much as 30 times what the insurance company originally offered for my clients!).
Fourth, an attorney knows it is in their client’s best interest to get their claims resolved as soon as possible, and is willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. The detours and roadblocks that inevitably come up are handled as efficiently and effectively as possible – even if that process can be painfully slow. That’s because an experienced car accident injury attorney will always put what is right ahead of what is expedient – while staying mindful that the quicker their case is successfully resolved, the sooner their client will have peace of mind.
Finally, and most importantly, contingency attorney compensation gives all people equal access to professional legal services and to Michigan courts of law.
Without contingency compensation, in which attorneys take no compensation until after the case is concluded, only the wealthiest among us could afford to pay by the hour for professional legal services as cases progress (which can take months or years to conclude). Contingency compensation levels the playing field and provides equal access to car accident injury attorney services regardless of income level and other socio-economic factors.
A FINAL NOTE: in your search for the right car accident injury attorney to handle your case, please be skeptical about using on-line injury calculators or working with lawyers who give you estimates up-front about what your car accident injury case is worth.
There’s a difference between what a case may be worth and what insurance monies may be available for compensation. Applicable policy limits may influence the value of your case, so injury calculators and uninformed estimates are rarely accurate and shouldn’t be used as the basis on which to decide who your car accident injury attorney should be. Just a word the wise.
There are lots of big, established law firms in Michigan with great reputations and strong personalities at the helm. It’s important to remember: those aren’t the people you’re going to be dealing with. In fact, the car accident injury attorney you work with may never have even met the firm leader!
Most hiring at large firms is done by the HR Department, and the larger the firm, the greater the chance that less experienced attorneys go there just to get experience – then move on.
So if you’re attracted to a large firm based on the personality of its leadership, remember that may not be the personality you’re going to be working with on a daily basis.
Also remember, you may be better served by working with a car accident injury attorney who’s in it for the long haul, not just to gain experience and move on.
In today’s competitive environment, marketing’s a must – even for lawyers practicing on their own. Don’t confuse the volume of marketing messages you may see with the quality of the legal advice provided. Lawyering and marketing are two separate and unrelated disciplines!
Just because a law firm doesn’t blast the internet (and everywhere else!) with marketing messages doesn’t mean they aren’t the best qualified attorneys to practice car accident injury law.
Likewise, when a firm seems to be everywhere you look, remember that’s an indication of a large marketing budget and skillful marketers – not necessarily the most highly skilled lawyers.
There are legitimate awards for the legal profession – they’re just not the ones you see on most marketing materials. That’s because the ones you see on marketing materials – like Super Lawyer, Top 10 Lawyer, and the like – have nothing to do with the lawyer’s skill or experience.
Truth is, anyone who’s willing to pay the $1500 – $4000 annual price tag can put those “awards” in their marketing materials. In at least one instance, a lawyer just 3 months out of law school who was employed by a large firm had already achieved “Super Lawyer” status. In car accident injury law, that’s not even enough time to complete a single case!
You may be better served by a car accident injury attorney who cares more about earning his or her reputation than about buying it.
You’ve no doubt noticed a lot of hype around the “no fee unless we win” idea in car accident and personal injury law. Frankly, that’s how the vast majority of Michigan personal injury attorneys are compensated! There’s nothing unique about it (how many injured people can afford to pay as they go for a car accident attorney?), although some firms brandish the idea as part of their marketing. Sorry to burst your bubble!
It’s hard to be good at something you’ve never done before, so lots of people are understandably a little intimidated the first time they talk to a car accident injury lawyer. Being involved in legal issues tends to bring out people’s nerves to begin with!
Don’t let unfamiliarity stop you from asking questions during your free consultation. You need to learn about who you’re dealing with just as much as they need to learn about your car accident injury claim.
Trust is by far the most important factor in deciding which car accident injury attorney you should work with. And it can rarely be achieved in a simple phone conversation.
If you like how the process of your free consultation goes, it’s definitely worth setting up a face to face meeting. Subtle nuances like understanding, ability to listen, honesty, experience, legal knowledge, and personality are all easiest to read in person.
Think of it this way: you wouldn’t decide on a brain surgeon without meeting him or her in advance … and when it comes to your car accident claim, your lawyer literally has a large piece of your life in his or her hands as well. It’s not only okay to trust your gut instincts on this one, it’s a requirement.
I’ve helped hundreds of people seriously injured in car accidents navigate the legal, physical, mental and emotional challenges recovering from their injuries requires.
I recognize that people who are dealing with car accident injuries and their loved ones are frequently stressed, overwhelmed, lost or confused. Every client has a difficult, painful, and often life-changing story to tell. It is an honor for me to hear those stories, listening not only with a keen legal mind, but also with compassion, patience, dignity, and respect.
I put the highest value on treating all car accident injury victims and their loved ones with understanding for their difficulties and suffering, as well as legal solutions designed to provide them with comfort and hope in their time of need.
There is no room in my car accident injury practice for dishonest dealings. I believe every client is deserving of honest, straight-forward information – whether good news or not – about their car accident injury claim so they can make the most educated & accurate decisions possible. I do not make misleading statements or promises I can’t keep in order to string clients along. I am open to every question and give honest answers based on my years of experience helping car accident injury victims get the very best, realistic, and legally achievable outcome possible.
Because I specialize as a personal injury car accident attorney, I am well-known in the insurance adjusters’ community as a tough and credible opponent who has no patience for unnecessary delays, drama, or excuses.
I also have a reputation for being a tough adversary in court, where I’ve earned a reputation with opponents, judges, and juries alike as a respectful and intelligent litigator.
Perhaps most importantly, the clients I’ve served frequently refer friends and family to me for car accident injury cases because of the results I’ve gotten for them and the respect with which I treated them. Combined, my 30 + years of car accident injury expertise has earned me a strong reputation as an excellent, honest, and ethical lawyer as well.
Personal Injury Law is my ONLY focus. One hundred percent of my practice is devoted to protecting the rights of injured people and getting them the compensation they deserve.
As such, it’s mandatory for me to stay up to date on changes in car accident injury law, Michigan no fault insurance, legislative changes affecting people’s insurance choices, the structure of payees when third party insurance is involved, and the latest car accident injury investigative techniques to prove negligence and liability.
I know Michigan car accident injury law inside and out, and leave no stone unturned when it comes to getting maximum compensation under the law for Michigan car accident injury victims and their loved ones.
I have decades of experience practicing personal injury accident law, having helped hundreds of clients earn every penny they deserve for their car accident injury claims.
I’m an expert at identifying injury claims often overlooked by others, and have deep connections with law enforcement, the medical community, and the courts in southwest Michigan. I’ve tried many car accident injury cases in front of judge and jury and have single-handedly delivered client results in the millions of dollars.
My car accident injury experience is deep, rich, and varied, allowing me to efficiently handle objections from insurance claims adjusters, quickly navigate around excuses and stall tactics, hone my instincts for Michigan car accident injury law, and secure maximum payouts for a wide variety of car accident injury claims – many of which could be overlooked by a less experienced car accident attorney.
Unlike in larger firms where cases can be delegated to less experienced attorneys, my clients get my complete involvement in every aspect of their car accident injury cases.
No junior partners, no case quotas to meet … my focus is on taking the very best care of the clients I have, not chasing the next case or worrying about where it is coming from.
I am passionate about helping people who were seriously injured in a car accident get the fullest compensation possible under Michigan law. And I’m willing to push the limits in pursuing every lawful claim.
I view it as a matter of personal integrity to keep my clients informed every step of the way, and to provide honest and realistic information – along with sound legal advice – so my clients can make their very best decisions. And, whatever my clients decide, I pursue that course of action with rigorous determination to get my clients maximum results.
When I take your car accident injury case, I am 100% personally handling every aspect of it. I would not have it any other way.
I am 100% accountable to both my car accident injury clients and to Michigan accident law. I take great pride in being personally accountable for doing what I say I will do and keeping my clients informed every step of the way. I don’t delay in making or returning any phone calls or other correspondence related to the car accident injury cases entrusted to me – whether communicating with my clients, insurance adjusters, witnesses, medical resources, opposing counsel or Michigan courts.
The minute I accept an car accident injury case, I am preparing to do battle in court. This attitude gives my car accident clients the strongest and best case right from the start – often resulting in higher settlements because insurance adjusters know I am prepared to file a lawsuit at any step along the way.
While I always abide by my clients wishes, if I know going to court and trying a case in front of a jury may result in a much more favorable outcome, I relish the opportunity to show up prepared with the best possible legal claims, shutting down opposing counsel’s arguments, revealing deeper truths from their witnesses on cross examination, and winning the favor of the jury to achieve successful verdicts and the highest dollar amounts in compensation for my car accident injury clients once we go to court.
Over 80% of my new car accident injury clients are referred to me by clients I’ve worked with before. It is a manner of great pride to me that previous clients refer friends, neighbors, extended family and coworkers to me to handle their car accident injury claims. While many personal injury lawyers buy influence for their reputations through public “awards,” I prefer to earn the reputation I have through excellent service, extensive knowledge of car accident injury law, and favorable results for my clients. That’s why many clients come back to me again and refer others to me: they were highly satisfied not only with their car accident injury results, but with how they were treated during the process of resolving their claims.
I’ve personally generated over $200 million in results for my clients, including several million dollar and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.
Get the medical attention you or your loved ones need first and foremost. Emergency room visits and hospital stays are stressful enough without worrying about calling a car accident injury attorney.
Once the immediate medical concerns are handled, call an experienced attorney who specializes in car accident injury claims.
Even if you have only minor injuries, it’s best to call an attorney as soon as medical concerns are addressed. This is because car accident injuries often have delayed impact (a concussion, for example, might not show up until after days or weeks of a persistent headache) … and even if you don’t intend to get into a lawsuit, you never know what the other person involved in your accident might do.
Bottom line: the sooner you talk with a car accident injury attorney after immediate medical needs are taken care of, the better he or she will have an understanding of your situation should complications develop, either legally or medically.
Car accident injury attorneys work on a contingency basis – meaning they don’t get paid until the case is finished by either a jury verdict or a settlement amount that’s acceptable to the injured party. In Michigan, the law limits contingency fees to no more than 33% of the agreed on verdict or settlement.
Car accident injury cases vary widely in terms of time, from simpler negotiations with your car insurance provider to much more complicated cases involving major injuries, extensive investigation and witness interviews, third party insurance, uninsured and underinsured motorists, denied claims, and additional surgeries or infections, all of which need to be proven related to the original car accident injuries.
There’s no standard answer in terms of timing, and a general rule of thumb is the more serious the injuries, the more complicated the case and the longer you can expect it to take to get resolved.
Every car accident injury case is different, depending on the complexities of the case, the car accident injury attorney, and his or her reputation with insurance adjusters and the courts – meaning your case may or may not end up in court, even when a lawsuit is filed on your behalf.
There are, however, similar steps every personal injury case takes. For an overview of the basic process and what to expect step by step, please click here.
First, Michigan car accident injury attorneys know Michigan accident and injury law, and are going to make sure you make every claim permitted by law (even ones you have no idea exist!).
Second, when you work with a car accident injury attorney, you don’t have to worry about dealing with all the insurance forms, properly filling them out, and making sure you file them by the specified deadlines. Your car accident injury attorney will handle all of that for you.
For an injured person, or a loved one trying to support an injured loved one during recovery, keeping track of all the paperwork and deadlines adds extra stress in an already stressful situation, and may even impede physical and emotional recovery – which is what the injured person really needs to be focused on.
Finally, your car accident injury attorney should become a trusted friend and advisor. There is little in terms of the difficulties and suffering an experienced car injury accident attorney hasn’t heard. The good ones will take that pain and suffering and turn it into additional legal claims for which you or your loved ones deserve to be compensated.
Financial recovery from a car accident injury claim depends on so many factors, there are no standard answers.
In general, people who work with an experienced car accident injury lawyer get 3 to 4 times as much financial recovery as they can get on their own. So it’s best to get a qualified car accident injury attorney who can advise you specifically on the types of claims you can make, and the factors that go into those claims.
Michigan has been a no-fault car insurance state since the early ’70’s. Many of the same no-fault laws still apply today.
However, in recent years, there have been changes in Michigan’s no-fault laws, specifically personal injury protection (PIP), to help people save money on their car insurance premiums. The result? More car accident injury claim complications.
For more information about Michigan no-fault and your PIP coverage options, please click here for a downloadable PDF.
Michigan State Police 2021 Annual Accident Report (downloadable DPF, Michigan State Police)
Michigan Roads Report, The Center for Michigan (downloadable public engagement report)
Get a copy of your Michigan accident report for $10 (Michigan State Police)
Michigan No-Fault Insurance Law Explained (downloadable PDF from the State of Michigan)
Guide to Michigan No-Fault Insurance (downloadable PDF from the State of Michigan)
“No one cares how much you know ’til they know how much you care.”
– Theodore Roosevelt.
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(269) 375-6224
An easy half mile west of US 131 on Stadium Drive
Regular hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
Other times are available by appointment.
(269) 375-6224
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Serving clients in Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County,
Battle Creek and Calhoun County, and
Paw Paw, South Haven and Van Buren County, Michigan.
Also serving Allegan, Barry, Ottawa, Kent, Muskegon, Berrien, Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties.
“No one cares how much you know ’til they know how much you care.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
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