Miscellaneous

• Louisiana Oil Spill Could be Worse than Valdez

  Timothy Smith | April 30, 2010 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi2K_BCPUec As I type this, Deepwater Horizon, a British Petroleum [BP] well located just southwest of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, is spewing nearly 250,000...

• Update on Insurance Bad Faith Reform Package in Michigan

  Kevin Elsenheimer | October 21, 2009 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  I've been asked to talk briefly about the manner in which the insurance reform package left the Michigan House of Representatives, and to give an update as to its status in the Michigan...

• Insurance Reform Package Passes State House - Likely to Stall in Senate

  Timothy Smith | August 20, 2009 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  If you're not up to speed on the problem itself or the proposed fix, click here as I wrote an article on this very issue not too long ago -...

• Snowmobile Safety

  Timothy Smith | December 23, 2008 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  Here in Northern Michigan we are at the beginning of what looks to be one of the best snowmobiling seasons in recent memory. The Traverse City Record Eagle recently published a forum piece by Bill...

• Chief Justice Taylor "fixes" Judicial Appointment

  Timothy Smith | October 21, 2008 11:43 AM | 1 CommentTraverse City, MI

  Another example of unprofesional, improper and unfair conduct as chief justice. This is how a fellow justice described recent actions by Chief Justice Cliff Taylor that improperly influenced a...

• Insurance Company Doctors - Round 2

  Tim Smith | February 08, 2008 7:56 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  As I discussed in my prior article, one of the regular tools used by insurance companies to terminate benefits of their insureds is the insurance company doctor. These doctors typically perform a...

• Insurance Company Doctors

  Tim Smith | February 06, 2008 7:34 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  I think it's important for attorneys to keep track of the different trial and appellate judges they appear in front of. It helps attorneys to give counsel to their clients. If you have an...

• Insurance Fraud

  Tim Smith | January 25, 2008 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  First things first. I don't handle medical malpractice cases. But, I do handle cases involving insurance fraud and claims involving insurance companies who have broken their contract with their clients. That being said, when insurance companies perpetrate a fraud upon the public, it typically catches my attention.In 1993, the Medical Malpractice Reform Act (MMRA) was enacted here in Michigan....

• Supreme Court Justice Cliff Taylor Posts Failing Grades

  Tim Smith | January 23, 2008 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  Anyone who has ever looked for a mechanic to fix their car or perhaps a doctor to treat a family member, they have often asked friends and acquaintances as to their experiences with a particular auto body shop or physician. If the mechanic or doctor has received good reviews, more often than not, you end up using that mechanic or doctor to fix your particular problems. Recently, the state wide...

• Michigan Senators Shielding Drug Companies

  Tim Smith | November 19, 2007 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  In 1995, Michigan passed a law that granted immunity to drug manufacturors when their products injured or killed an individual. This was the year that Michigan became the only state in the entire nation to grant this protection. Did other companies whose products injure and kill Michigan Citizens get the same immunity? Remember the Ford Pinto - the car that blew up when it got rear-ended?...