If you you have been seriously injured in an auto accident that was not your fault, and your every day life has been altered due to the injury, call Michigan's auto accident and personal injury attorney Raymond Guzall III at 248-702-6122 for a free consultation today. You may be entitled to damages pursuant to MCL 500.3135 and other applicable law because of that auto accident.
Always review your auto insurance policy and contact your insurance company as soon as possible if you have been injured in an auto accident in order to recover PIP benefits (Personal Injury Protection). You are entitled to benefits under Michigan law.
Not every law firm will try your case to obtain the maximum benefits you deserve. Attorney Raymond Guzall III has and will:
(Trial Verdict) $2,056,998.50 (Auto Accident)
Reported as the largest judgment on a trial verdict (Auto Accident) in the State of Michigan for the year 2011, by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, and # 11 overall trial verdict of the year.
2011 Million-Dollar Verdicts & Settlements - Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Persons entitled to personal protection or personal injury benefits; insurer providing coverage (auto accident)
“(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (5), a personal protection insurance policy described in section 3101(1) [FN1] applies to accidental bodily injury to the person named in the policy, the person's spouse, and a relative of either domiciled in the same household, if the injury arises from a motor vehicle accident. A personal injury insurance policy described in section 3103(2) [FN2] applies to accidental bodily injury to the person named in the policy, the person's spouse, and a relative of either domiciled in the same household, if the injury arises from a motorcycle accident. When personal protection insurance benefits or personal injury benefits described in section 3103(2) are payable to or for the benefit of an injured person under his or her own policy and would also be payable under the policy of his or her spouse, relative, or relative's spouse, the injured person's insurer shall pay all of the benefits and is not entitled to recoupment from the other insurer.
(2) A person suffering accidental bodily injury while an operator or a passenger of a motor vehicle operated in the business of transporting passengers shall receive the personal protection insurance benefits to which the person is entitled from the insurer of the motor vehicle. This subsection does not apply to a passenger in the following, unless that passenger is not entitled to personal protection insurance benefits under any other policy:” MCL 500.3114.
2013 case, auto injury update:
“Because “bodily injury” encompasses only “a physical or corporeal injury to the body,” Wesche, 480 Mich. at 85, 746 N.W.2d 847, the trial court erroneously ruled that plaintiff may recover damages for pain and suffering and “shock and emotional damage.” Such damages simply do not constitute physical injury to the body and do not fall within the motor vehicle exception.” Hunter v Sisco, 300 Mich App 229; 832 NW2d 753, 759 (2013).
2015 auto injury update, know your policy coverage:
“Thus, for Starr Co to be liable for uninsured motorist coverage, the injured individual must meet the policy's definition of “you” or “family member,” or have been an occupant of what the policy defines as “your covered auto.”
Culbert v. Starr Indem & Liab. Co., No. 320784, 2015 WL 4374139, at *5 (Mich. Ct. App. July 16, 2015)
2016 auto accident case law update:
“We conclude that the trial court correctly ruled that the letters of plaintiff's doctors were inadmissible hearsay and that they did not establish a genuine issue of a material fact, specifically, whether, as a result of the accident in question, plaintiff suffered a “serious impairment of body function,” MCL 500.3135(1), which would permit plaintiff's third-party tort claim against defendant to proceed. Further, the trial court correctly ruled that plaintiff's affidavit did not establish a question of fact that the second accident caused an objectively manifested impairment of an important body function that affected plaintiff's general ability to lead her normal life. MCL 500.3135(5).” Oehmke v. Citizens Ins. Co. of Am., No. 325512, 2016 WL 1072611, at *1 (Mich. Ct. App. Mar. 17, 2016).
Make certain you understand your insurance policy limits and seek medical attention immediately and consistently. You pay no attorney fees unless we are able to win your case. Call attorney Guzall today to discuss the details of your particular case.
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