As the school year winds down, many Michigan families are finalizing their plans for the summer. Summer camp is a great opportunity for kids to focus on their favorite activities and hobbies while spending time with friends. Summer camp may require your child to be...
Personal Injury
Premises liability prominent issue before Michigan Supreme Court
Cases brought before and decided by a state’s highest court often rest on specific questions in different areas of law. During the first week of March, the Supreme Court of Michigan will hear oral arguments on three cases concerning the application of, and exceptions...
What are the most common causes of spinal cord injuries?
Many spinal cord injuries that receive media attention involve sports and recreation accidents. Sporting accidents do account for about 1 out of 10 new spinal cord injuries every year. This makes sports and recreation accidents one of the most common causes of spinal...
A spinal cord injury will costs millions of dollars
Injuries to the spinal cord are extremely serious. They are also among the costliest types of injuries. There is no such thing as a minor spinal cord injury; even those that do not lead to paralysis cost more than $1 million to treat. These numbers do not include...
Injuries involving e-scooters are getting more common
People in the Detroit area are continuing to use e-scooters, e-bikes and similar devices to get around urban areas. While their availability may convenience the public for years to come, these modes of transportation come with risks as well. According to the U.S....
Proving negligence in your premises liability case
When you are on someone else’s property, you generally expect that they have kept the property safe for guests and visitors. But what happens if you are injured while on the property? Injuries in public places can come in many forms. You could slip on a puddle in a...
Motorcycle accidents commonly cause TBIs
If you spend any time watching daytime television, you have seen many, many commercials on car and motorcycle accidents and the injuries that result. You have seen lawyers, doctors and chiropractors talk about all the physical impacts that result from these crashes....
Michigan State Police express concern over accident increase
The past few years have been challenging with people needing to adapt to dramatic changes in how they live their lives personally and professionally. With a radically different landscape in Michigan and throughout the nation, it is to be expected that people will...
Church camper killed in boating accident in Hillsdale County
Children love moving fast on the water. Unhappily, this love can often lead to tragic circumstances, including death. A recent example of this unhappy result was recently provided by the death of an eleven-year old girl in a boating accident at a camp in Hillsdale...
When a boating trip turns dangerous
Michiganders in Livonia and around the state love to get on the water when the temperatures start rising. Whether it’s for sailing, canoeing, skiing, or something else, people in Michigan are never more than a few miles away from a lake to jump into. Unfortunately,...