Automobile Accidents

• Tragic Michigan Car Accident Death

  Larry Buckfire | May 07, 2007 9:24 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A tragic Michigan car accident death case was reported today in the local papers. A twenty year old University of Michigan apparently was sitting behind the wheel of her car and was waiting for her mother to enter into the open passenger side door. The driver accidentally must have hit the accelerator and the vehicle fatally struck her mother. This sad case illustrates what we often see at my...

• Man Killed in Michigan Truck Accident

  Larry Buckfire | May 06, 2007 7:52 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A construction died in a Michigan truck accident yesterday when a cement truck on a job site backed over him. The 40 year old man was behind the truck and stumbled over some equipment, causing him to fall and making him unable to avoid the backing truck. Under Michigan law, the man's survivor's would most likely have a number of legal claims to pursue. These would include a worker's...

• Brain Injury Survior From Truck Accident Inspires

  Larry Buckfire | April 30, 2007 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  It 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...

• Man Dies in Michigan Motorcycle Accident

  Larry Buckfire | April 29, 2007 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  I 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...

• Woman Injured in Detroit Motorcycle Accident

  Larry Buckfire | April 27, 2007 8:21 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A 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...

• Michigan Car Insurance

  Larry Buckfire | April 26, 2007 8:08 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  Under 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...

• Car Accident on I-75 Causes Death

  Larry Buckfire | April 25, 2007 7:34 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A 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...

• Michigan Car Accident Death Case

  Larry Buckfire | April 24, 2007 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  I 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...

• Paralyzed Woman Wins Trial Against Wal-Mart

  Larry Buckfire | April 23, 2007 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A 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...

• Dearborn Police Car Accident Crash

  Larry Buckfire | April 23, 2007 1:50 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  Investigators 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...