Bright, oncoming headlights make roadways hazardous, and if you were injured in a car crash caused by bright headlights, you need to understand your legal rights....
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Many injuries from a crash require a variety of services, therapies, and treatment to fully rehabilitate, including chiropractic care after a car crash. Learn if no-fault covers this benefit....
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Tom Sinas explains Michigan auto law's alphabet soup: PIP, MACP, and ERISA health plans and which insurer is responsibility for paying no-fault benefits....
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On Wednesday, June 9, a group of bipartisan legislators who signed a memo of support regarding the concerns over no-fault retroactive application participated in a press conference in Lansing. Sinas Dramis Law Firm attorney George Sinas spoke at this event....
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HB 4809 pends before the Michigan legislation, seeking to fix issues created by the 2019 no-fault reform for Michigan motorcyclists....
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A recent Court of Appeals decision answered an important no-fault disqualification question: can unlicensed drivers receive no-fault benefits?...
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In Part 2 of his WKTV Journal in Focus interview, Grand Rapids car accident lawyer, Tom Sinas, explains the problem with Michigan's new PIP choice options....
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Tom Sinas interviewed recently with WKTV Journal in Focus to discuss several topics including the upcoming changes for medical providers under the new auto no-fault law which going into effect July 1....
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Since 2014, no-fault insurers have been using ruthless claim-denial tactics against people injured in motor vehicle accidents. One of those tactics commonly involves identifying statements that an insurer can acuse an insured of falsely making in the processing of a PIP claim. Insurers then use that allegedly-false statement to void the claimant’s entire underlying insurance policy. When successful, this tactic results in the termination of all auto no-fault PIP benefits, and for some, it also impairs the ability to pursue a liability claim. This tactic was widely used at unprecedented levels following the Michigan Court of Appeals decision of Bahri v. IDS...
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2020 was so dizzying that it is hard to keep track of the many changes in our lives. You are thus in good company if you did not notice that automobile liability insurance limits underwent a historic change, courtesy of the auto no-fault overhaul known as Public Acts 21 and 22. The Acts became law in 2019, but the most significant phase took effect on July 1, 2020. On that day, auto no-fault insurers could start issuing policies with limited no-fault PIP benefits. On that same day, auto insurers were required to issue new policies with substantially increased minimum liability requirements. New...
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