Michigan Trampoline Injuries
Have you taken a look at Michigan’s trampoline statute? Whether you have a trampoline in your own house or your kids enjoy using your neighbor’s, you should have a conversation about the duties imposed by this statute. Statutes like these make it much more difficult to sue someone for negligence because there’s a duty imposed
- Published in Michigan Law, Personal Injury
Defective Products in Michigan
First, let’s ask, what is a defective product? A defective product is a product that does not function according to its intended purpose because of a design or manufacturing flaw. A defective product can also be caused by a manufacturer’s failure to adequately label the product. A manufacturing flaw occurs when, for example, a bad
- Published in Defective Products, Personal Injury
Michigan Trampoline Laws & Liability
During the spring and summer months, a backyard trampoline can seem like a fun backyard addition for kids and even adults. But it’s very important to make sure that anyone using the trampoline does so safely. It’s extremely easy for people to get injured while playing on a trampoline. According to the American Academy of
- Published in Michigan Law, Personal Injury
Suing Michigan: What to Know
When you’ve been injured in an accident of any kind, filing a lawsuit is supposed to help bring justice by holding people accountable and giving the victim the compensation they need for recovery. But holding people accountable isn’t always easy. Often, the system is stacked against the little guy when certain types of entities are
- Published in Goodwin & Scieszka, Personal Injury
Michigan Intentional and Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
Emotional distress, as you might imagine, occurs when a person’s conduct causes another person’s severe distress. Depending on the relationship between the parties and the way in which the severe distress was caused, there are different avenues of recovery for a plaintiff. Intentional infliction of emotional distress, despite its name, covers both intentional and reckless
- Published in Goodwin & Scieszka, Personal Injury
Michigan Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
We recently wrote about the intentional infliction of emotional distress in Michigan. Today, we’re going to inform you about its close cousin: negligent infliction of emotional distress. First, let’s start by defining the requirements in a negligence case: 1) a duty, 2) a breach of that duty, 3) causation (both proximate cause and factual cause),
- Published in Goodwin & Scieszka, Personal Injury
FAQs About Michigan Snowmobile Laws
Keeping to our wintery themed blogs this week, we want to answer some common questions about Michigan snowmobile laws. How is a Snowmobile Defined? This might seem like a silly question, but it’s important to understand what exactly is considered a snowmobile under Michigan law. A snowmobile is defined, according to our legislature, as any motor-driven vehicle
- Published in Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Tips
The Most Dangerous Jobs in Michigan
- Published in Personal Injury
Common Types of Personal Injury Lawsuits in Michigan
A Michigan personal injury claim is type of a law known as tort law. What is a tort you might ask? A Michigan tort claim is a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, which the law has a remedy. A tort is a personal injury claim and a personal injury claim is a tort.
Think of personal injury claims as private causes of actions (i.e. lawsuits) that are enforced by private citizens. The purpose of a Michigan personal injury claim is to put the injured party back in the position they were in before the tort occurred.
So what’s a common Michigan personal injury claim?
- Published in Dog Bites, Personal Injury
More Fireworks in Michigan Leads to More Injuries
This is the 2nd year that consumers have been able to buy aerial fireworks in Michigan. Michiganders used to have to drive to the Ohio border to purchase “the good stuff.”
Before the ban on aerial fireworks was lifted, disappointed patrons would stop at Michigan’s firework stands and think:
You’re gonna stand there, ownin’ a fireworks stand, and tell me you don’t have no whistlin’ bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, hoosker don’ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistlin’ kitty chaser?
Michigan has to balance its financial interest in selling more fireworks against the liability of having more dangerous ones.
While firework sales dramatically increased as a result of Michigan’s new law, so did the amount of injuries.
- Published in Accident News, Personal Injury
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