From www.lawyersandsettlements.com: Michigan Attorney Steve Gursten has reached his breaking point with bad truckers. With years of experience representing people injured or killed by dangerous trucks and truckers in truck accidents and a former president of the Truck Litigation Committee for the American Association of Justice (AAJ), Gursten says he is frankly “disgusted” with what he sees. Read more here. Read Full Story

Twenty-eight Windows 7 Netbooks are launching October 22, including the Acer Aspire One. Amazon is compiling a list of these 28, so obviously they’ll be selling them on the first day also. Keep in mind, the version of Windows that it will be running is Windows 7 Starter. We can only hope it won’t be the bloated code that is Vista running on a netbook. Read Full Story

Lee Gomes recently wrote an article in Forbes bemoaning the slow performance of the Intel Atom chip that runs many netbooks including the Acer Aspire One. (Gomes even has an Acer Aspire One which he admits “feels as solid as anything [he's] used from the better-known laptopmakers.”) But he assessment is one sided. He is running Windows Vista on his netbook. Honestly, Atoms, and even netbooks are not meant to run Vista. It’s a lighter weight chip meant to save energy on the n... Read Full Story

My daughter started fourth grade today (and I don’t know who’s happier me or her).  I’m looking at the supply list she brought home and we have items like colored pencils, notebooks, glue sticks, folders, and…a USB drive. Wow, really?  Of  course it makes sense, almost all schools have some type of computer lab or class (no matter how lame, but that’s for another post). I just wasn’t ready for it this soon I guess. Maybe somewhere towards high school. So,... Read Full Story

A pretty good article on InjuryBoard.com about driving, common sense and liability (see “Who wins and loses when a Ford Focus and a fully-loaded semi-truck crash?“). One of the things that struck me was the excellent attitude this personal injury lawyer takes about his profession: Yes, I’m not ashamed of being a personal injury lawyer, so those who refer to us collectively in a negative way can forget embarrassing us. If we are embarrassed about anything it’s the ignorance of thos... Read Full Story

Despite the most thorough preparation and persistent negotiation, it is possible your claim could reach a dead end. The insurance company might stubbornly deny your claim or offer you too little compensation for the accident and you may want to consider taking your claim to small claims court or arbitration. The process for going to small claims court varies from state to state. Here is the general outline for small claims court in Michigan.Your case must be filed in the city or county where ... Read Full Story

Michigan is one of three states where the “no-fault” automobile insurance requires each of us to carry and pay for personal injury protection, even if it is mostly a duplication of other coverage we may have. Apparently in 47 of the other states, I could have saved that money. But not in Michigan, Florida or New Jersey. And our United States Congress has passed a law that requires that the auto coverage be primary and pay instead of Medicare when it is carried on the auto policy... Read Full Story

Few people realize that, after an accident, it is often possible to deal with the personal injury yourself. With basic information about how the accident claims process works, if you are organized and patience, you can handle your own injury insurance claim without a lawyer—and without being treated unfairly by the insurance company. In fact, you could actually get more compensation for your injury and a faster resolution to your claim by handling it yourself instead of hiring a lawyer (and p... Read Full Story

LANSING, Mich., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ — The Michigan Chamber of Commerce today released the following statement by Wendy Block, Director of Health Policy and Human Resources for the Michigan Chamber, in response to Governor Granholm’s call in her State of the State address for the Michigan Senate to make it easier for personal injury lawyers to sue drug manufacturers: “On a night when the Governor stressed the need to work cooperatively to move Michigan forward, we are disapp... Read Full Story

Dogs are still looked upon as a man’s best friend, but unfortunately, many of these dogs tend to feast or play with the things that are valuable to you. It is because they have that characteristic of being active, but they live with a Television addicted couch potato. A awkward relationship can possibly develop out of this incompatible trait or worst, can make a dog feel miserable and missing. Read Full Story