- Larry Buckfire | April 30, 2007 11:38 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesA great story appeared today in the Ann Arbor News about a car accident brain injury survivor who is graduating college with honors. Jeanearre Hall was on her way to Ypsilanti High School in her senior year in January 2001 when she lost control of her car on a patch of black ice, eventually ending up in an intersection where her car was struck by oncoming traffic. She remained in a coma for two...
- Larry Buckfire | April 30, 2007 12:39 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt is amazing how many brain injury survivors work so hard after their injuries not only to recover from their injuries but also to advocate for other brain injury survivors. Sandra Shampang is one great example. She suffered a serious traumatic brain injury when her Ford Escort was struck by a truck. She was not unconscious at the time and assumed the condition would improve so she did not...
- Larry Buckfire | April 29, 2007 9:28 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI have been reading way too many accounts recently of people suffering serious injuries and death in Michigan motorcycle accidents. Perhaps spring fever is bringing many motorcyclists back on the road but the number of injuries and deaths reported lately seems atypical. Another sad story was reported of a 20 year old man who was riding his motorcycle when it apparently left the road in...
- Larry Buckfire | April 28, 2007 9:14 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesA jury in New York awarded a 12 year old girl $3.5 million for brain damage injuries suffered due to lead paint poisoning in her rented apartment. As an infant, she was exposed to lead paint hazards in her apartment. The landlord failed to make timely repairs and she suffered from a continuing exposure. The girl suffered cognitive and behavioral problems from the lead poisoning. My firm...
- Larry Buckfire | April 27, 2007 8:21 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 60 year old woman suffered severe injuries when her motorcycle was struck by a Ford Explorer. The woman, who was riding her motorcycle alongside her husband on another motorcycle, is in critical condition. Police are investigating the reasons for the Detroit motorcycle accident. My firm handles a significant number of motorcycle injury accident cases and we frequently see drivers, who...
- Larry Buckfire | April 26, 2007 4:05 PM |
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MiscellaneousI am often asked whether a retailer can be sued for selling guns to a person who uses them to commit crimes. This depends on the circumstances of the sale and the nature of the crime. It also depends on the laws of the state where the sale and the crime took place.. In general, the retailer may be held liable if it sold the weapon in violation of laws and regulations regarding the sale of the...
- Larry Buckfire | April 26, 2007 8:08 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsUnder Michigan law, the owner of every car must have car insurance. Due to problems with the economy in this state, many drivers are dropping their collision and theft coverage to reduce their car insurance premiums. One common misperception is that auto insurance rates are high because of the number of injury claims related to car accidents. This is not true and the coverage for injury...
- Larry Buckfire | April 25, 2007 7:34 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA teenage girl was killed early today in another tragic car accident. The girl, a passenger, and her driver friend were returning from a night out in Canada when the friend fell asleep and the vehicle left the road, crashing into a concrete overpass. Teenagers frequently visit the bars in Canada where the legal drinking age is nineteen. Police have not disclosed whether the driver was legally...
- Larry Buckfire | April 24, 2007 10:59 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI read yet another sad story about a Michigan car accident that resulted in a fatality last night. A 78 year old man lost control of his vehicle in St. Clair Shores and struck a home. The man died in the crash. The police are still investigating the case. Although this was a one car accident, the man's survivors may still be entitled to Michigan No-Fault benefits for funeral expenses, loss...
- Larry Buckfire | April 23, 2007 3:08 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA jury in Montgomery County, Alabama awarded a woman $4 million dollars in her lawsuit against Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart will pay a $4 million judgment to Carolyn Thorne in a lawsuit stemming from a tire failure three years go that caused a wreck and left the woman paralyzed from her injuries. Thorne was paralyzed in a one-vehicle accident on April 24, 2004, when the tread on the left rear tire of her...
- Larry Buckfire | April 23, 2007 1:50 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsInvestigators continued their probe Saturday morning into Dearborn Michigan fatal car accident that involved a Dearborn Heights Police cruiser. The police car struck a 1996 Pontiac Grand Am at Van Born and Marvin in Taylor.At this point it is unknown whether the police car was involved in a police chase. Under Michigan law, a person injured by a speeding police car must actually be struck by...
- Larry Buckfire | April 22, 2007 5:31 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI just returned from Chicago yesterday where I was attending the national child lead paint poisoning seminar with attorneys from all over the United States. The seminar focused on current trends in this litigation and discussed the most recent medical and scientific information on this terrible disease. An article that appeared yesterday about a family in Portland, Maine caught my attention. ...
- Larry Buckfire | April 22, 2007 5:23 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI read about the tragic Michigan car accident that claimed the life of a a 57-year-old tow truck driver the other day in Royal Oak, Michigan. The incident occurred while the man was changing the tire on a truck on eastbound Interstate 696 near Woodward Avenue. A sport utility vehicle pinned him between that truck and his tow truck and caused severe injuries that led to his death. My office...
- Larry Buckfire | April 18, 2007 6:59 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA very tragic end to a young innocent life. The death of a 3-year-old boy who was living in a Van Buren Township foster home was ruled a homicide Tuesday. He suffered from child abuse and died from significant trauma to the head. This is the third case of a child dying in a licensed foster care home in Michigan in the last year alone. Foster care agencies, foster care parents, and others may...
- Larry Buckfire | April 16, 2007 8:40 PM |
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MiscellaneousIt was good to see that a federal jury in New Orleans rendered a $2,800,000.00 verdict against Allstate Insurance Co. for failing to pay an insurance claim. The insurance company had refused to pay for the damage caused to the plaintiff's home by Hurricane Katrina. Allstate Insurance had amazingly argued that the damage was not caused by the hurricane. The verdict included the amount of...
- Larry Buckfire | April 16, 2007 9:02 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA significant child lead poisoning case is going to court in New York. I should actually say a "children" lead poisoning case because there were nineteen children poisoned at a single government subsidized rental property in Brooklyn, New York. The families complained about the horrible disrepair of the building but apparently their complaints were ignored. The suit alleges that the lead...
- Larry Buckfire | April 16, 2007 7:37 AM |
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MiscellaneousConAgra, the makers of Peter Pan peanut butter, is facing an uphill battle when it tries to re-introduce its product back to the market. The Omaha-based food company won't discuss the details of its Peter Pan marketing plan for competitive reasons, but ConAgra is eager to win back consumers after the outbreak that sickened more than 400 people and spawned numerous lawsuits. Several people who...
- Larry Buckfire | April 15, 2007 5:02 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products"Parents still need to be vigilant about the recalls on products marketed to children that might contain lead, and take those products away from children as soon as they are recalled," Jessica Frohman, co-chair of the Sierra Club's national toxics committee, said Sunday.The Environmental Protection Agency agreed in response to legal pressure to write up to 120 importing and manufacturing...
- Larry Buckfire | April 15, 2007 4:56 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesAn interesting article appeared in an Indiana newspaper regarding concussions and brain injuries. Many concussion victims can expect to have headache and nausea and may feel dizzy right after their head injury. Other symptoms include ringing in the ears, neck pain, and feeling anxious, upset, irritable, depressed or tired. The person who has had a concussion may also have problems...
- Larry Buckfire | April 14, 2007 1:20 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsNew Jersey Governeor Corzine suffered significant injuries, including fractured bones and a traumatic brain injury, when his police driven SUV was involved in a serious car accident last week. The governor was apparently not wearing his seat belt at the time of hte accident. He also sustained numerous internal injuries and is on a ventilator. It appears that he has a long road to recovery.
- Larry Buckfire | April 13, 2007 4:55 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsI came across a very tragic Michigan car accident case while reading headlines today. A Milford man died when a deer was struck by another vehicle and then crashed the roof of his car. He lost control of the vehicle and went off the road. He was unconcsious when EMS arrived at the scene. In Michigan, these types of wrongful death car accidents with deers are more frequenly seen in the Fall...
- Larry Buckfire | April 13, 2007 8:58 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)A story in the Oakland Press the other day discussed the fact that the number of dog bites and animal attacks increases every Spring in Michigan. With the weather warming and more dogs outside and roaming the streets, the likelihood of attacks increases. Many dogs also escape their fenced yards and wander. Last year alone, there were over 400 dog bits reported to the Oakland County Animal...
- Larry Buckfire | April 10, 2007 9:24 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesI read an alarming report today regarding the high number of traumatic brain injuries suffered by our war veterans in Iraq. In fact, brain injuries might be the "signature injury" of this war. Fort Carson has found that 178 of every 1,000 soldiers (a whopping 17%) returning to the post from the Middle East suffered from at least a mild form of traumatic brain injury. These injuries come...
- Larry Buckfire | April 10, 2007 8:12 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI read a great story about a young man, Hurie Johnson, who was in a serious motorcycle accident several years ago that resulted in the loss of a leg. At the time of the accident in 2002, he was a star basketball player at Henry Ford Community College. After receiving a prosthetic leg, Hurie began working on his game again and now plays in a competitive league with other young men who have also...
- Larry Buckfire | April 09, 2007 2:49 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsPolice say winter-like conditions covered the roads in Grand Traverse County, and caused the tragedy for the family of vacationers. "They kind of did it in a manner that it caught the side of the van with the back part of their vehicle and it just sliced the van open."Two boys died tragically last weekent after their family van slammed into a tow truck in northern Michigan. The Michigan car...
- Larry Buckfire | April 06, 2007 10:38 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA tragic way to start the holiday weekend. Police are investigating a deadly car crash on U.S. 131 in Allegan County that killed a 29-year-old Grand Rapids man and his female passenger. The man lost control of his southbound vehicle and crossed the median north of M-89, colliding with a northbound vehicle driven by a 31-year-old Portage man whose injuries were not life-threatening. The road...
- Larry Buckfire | April 05, 2007 8:56 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsGood news for Michigan motorcyclists in 2006. Michigan Motorcycle accidents decreased from 3,504 in 2005 to 3,296 in 2006. The number of motorcyclists killed fell approximately 7 percent, from 122 in 2005 to 114 in 2006. Our firm handles a significant number of motorcycle accident cases throughout the State of Michigan and we see the devastating injuries caused in these accidents. The...
- Larry Buckfire | April 05, 2007 3:35 PM |
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MiscellaneousA 12-year-old girl was infected with E. coli bacteria and diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome after dining at a California restaurant. The outbreak infected seven other diners, two of which were also hospitalized. Symptoms of E. coli usually appear three to four days after exposure to the bacteria. People with E. coli may have bloody diarrhea, severe abdominal pain or cramps or fever. Most...
- Larry Buckfire | April 05, 2007 8:26 AM |
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Wrongful Death"He left his two children without a mother or their home or any real sense of normalcy," Standerfer told The Macomb Daily for a story published Thursday.The sister of a Tara Grant, the mother of two young children, whose torso was found in her Washington Township garage last month, has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Stephen Grant, the suspect in his wife's killing. The...
- Larry Buckfire | April 04, 2007 8:21 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesThe population at risk is huge: Some 1.4 million children and adults suffer serious brain injuries every year from car or bike crashes, falls, gunshot wounds and other trauma.New research shows that survivors of traumatic brain injuries and closed head injuries are at risk for developing epileptic seizure disorders. This includes a broad spectrum of injuries, including those from car accident...
- Larry Buckfire | April 04, 2007 1:24 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAbout 396,000 metal key chains, imported by Dollar General Merchandising, Inc., were recalled because they contain high levels of lead,paint which is toxic for children. Lead poisoning can cause learning problems, speech problems, delinquency, and behavioral problems, including symptoms like ADHD. The recall includes three styles of key chain: a flip flop, a single letter and dangling charms....
- Larry Buckfire | April 03, 2007 9:18 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAbout 4 million Groovy Grabber children's bracelets, manufactured by A&A Global Industries,were recalled because the metallic part of the bands contains high levels of lead paint. This is considered toxic for children and can cause adverse health effects if ingested. The flexible bracelets are made from metal bands wrapped in plastic covers that are decorated with a variety of colors and...
- Larry Buckfire | April 03, 2007 8:42 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA River Rouge, Michigan man pled guilty yesterday in Monroe County Circuit Court of driving under the influence of drugs and striking a minivan April 18, 2006, in a Michigan car accident killing a Monroe woman and her daughter and injuring her son. The driver pleaded no contest yesterday to one count of operating a motor vehicle under the influence causing injury and two counts of attempted...
- Larry Buckfire | April 03, 2007 1:07 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Michigan Court of Appeals held that the trial court in a No-Fault Insurance trial should not have awarded attorney's fees against the Michigan insurance company that denied benefits to an injured person. The party filed a lawsuit claiming that the insurance company wrongfully denied benefits. The claimant apparently did not attend an insurance medical examination and the court determined...
- Larry Buckfire | April 02, 2007 4:31 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA man has apparently sustained serious injuries in a Michigan car accident after his car left the road and struck a tree. The woman who struck his vehcile and apparently caused his car to leave the road sustained only minor injuries. The reasons for the accident are unknown and were not related to any weather condition. The accident stopped traffic for almost six hours on I-75 near I-475.
- Larry Buckfire | April 02, 2007 8:51 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesMost people think of traumatic brain injuries coming primarily from car accdients or falls off ladders, but a huge number of brain injury victims are actually soldiers fighting our battles overseas. This number is unfortunately growing higher everyday and the soldiers returning to the United States are in need of special treatment for their injuries. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on...
- Larry Buckfire | April 02, 2007 6:02 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA major Michigan truck accident occurred yesterday near Reed City, Michigan. Incredibly, the occupants of all three vehicles apparently escaped without major injuries. This is amazing when looking at a photograph of the truck accident.. Fortunately, all occupants were wearing their seat belts. My firm handles a good number of trucking accident cases and most accident are not as fortunate as...
- Larry Buckfire | April 01, 2007 8:36 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsI have recently written about this issue but came across a nice story about brain injury victims helping each other survive and cope with their problems. A Michigan group for brain injury survivors called RSVP, Recreation and Socialization in a Variety of Places, brings the trio and a couple of dozen other brain injury survivors together -- even if that is reluctantly. Many of these individuals...