Michigan’s No-Fault Insurance Byline: Stephanie Arndt, Appellate Specialist For decades, Michigan was one of the only states that provided victims of automobile accidents with comprehensive, lifetime benefits if they were injured in a motor vehicle accident. For individuals who sustained catastrophic or permanent injuries, this was an important benefit. It…
Category: Auto Accident
As a no-fault insurance state, Michigan motorists must first turn to their own insurers to collect compensation for expenses stemming from an auto accident. Personal injury protection (PIP) benefits pay for an injured party’s medical expenses, wage loss, attendant care, and replacement services after a crash. It doesn’t matter who…
Attorney David Christensen of Christensen Law is now a member of the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center. The Injury Prevention Center, funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), performs comprehensive research, educational opportunities, and public outreach initiatives to reduce the occurrence and burdens of injury…
Michigan road deaths spiked in the first nine months of 2021 to 882, an 11 percent jump from the previous year, according to disturbing new federal data. The statewide surge mirrors national figures projecting an overall 12 percent increase in traffic fatalities in a country still gripped by the COVID-19…
Under Michigan law, all vehicle owners are required to carry minimum amounts of no-fault insurance. If you are involved in an accident, your no-fault insurance can pay for your medical bills, your lost wages, replacement services, and damage you cause to others’ property. As its name suggests, no-fault benefits are…
People purchase liability insurance policies to cover accidents they may cause. For instance, if you seriously injure someone in a car accident in Michigan, your liability policy will pay for the damage up to your policy limits. But insurance policies don’t provide blanket protection. Suppose the crash resulted in medical…
If you are a Michigan driver, you must carry auto insurance. This insurance includes personal injury protection (PIP), or no-fault insurance coverage. Individuals injured in auto accidents in Michigan must first turn to their PIP insurance to cover many of the bills they incur following a crash. Is Michigan…
FEATURING THE CHRISTENSEN LAW TEAM We’ve been excited to partner with Benny Gold, founder of of Lawyer Stories, who interviewed all our attorneys this summer! Check out Dave’s dulcet tones and story here: Sarah shares her personal experience with her baby’s son’s TBI and how it reframed her approach to…
PENDING LEGISLATION WILL HURT ACCIDENT SURVIVORS – WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW TO CHANGE IT! Huge changes are taking place under the proposed No-Fault legislation due to go into effect on July 1st. There is an alternative bill that Dave Christensen helped write that would save the medical providers and…
Graveyard shift workers are three times as likely to be involved in a car accident or near-crash compared to other drivers, the results of a new study from the University of Missouri show. Researchers found millions of night workers suffer from shift work sleep disorder (SWSD), a chronic condition caused…
