Posts tagged death

• Dog Bite Basics in Michigan

  Timothy Smith | November 24, 2009 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  DOG BITE In Michigan, when a dog bites a person, the person must sue the owner of the dog within three years from the date of the dog bite under MCL 600.5805(10). Proper plaintiffs would...

• Disbursing Funds under Michigan's Wrongful Death Statute

  Timothy Smith | November 22, 2009 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Recently, we've resolved a number of wrongful death cases here in Northern Michigan. In Michigan, these types of cases are governed by a statute that controls every aspect of the case, including how...

• Outrage in Bay City over Marvin Schur's death.

  Timothy Smith | January 27, 2009 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I just found out that Marvin Schur was a World War II vet. Is this how we treat our veterans? The citizens of Bay City are up in arms over the callousness shown by their City Managers. Click here...

• Update on Marvin Schur's tragic death

  Timothy Smith | January 27, 2009 1:21 PM | 7 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  If you read my prior post on this tragedy in Bay City, I found some updated information about how and why this happened. 1. The limiter device had been in use through DTE in Metro Detroit, but they...

• Bay City Man - Marvin Schur- Freezes to Death

  Timothy Smith | January 27, 2009 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  This was the headline the greeted me this morning in the Traverse City Record Eagle. I assumed from the title that it was going to be a tragic story of an Alzheimer's patient who wandered off or...

• Slip and Falls on Black Ice in Michigan

  Timothy Smith | January 19, 2009 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Businesses bombard us with promises of a shopping experience loaded with deals, specials and savings. Whether it's Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or the local Five and Dime, you would think, as consumers, that...

• Teen Driving Tips

  Timothy Smith | January 16, 2009 5:04 PM | 2 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I've got one and two more on the way. Teens that is....... Next summer my oldest will take driver's education. It's a little scary. I saw an interesting statistic recently that really opened my...

• Stork Craft Baby Cribs Recalled

  Timothy Smith | January 15, 2009 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Stork Craft Manufacturing of British Columbia, Canada has recalled 1,000,000 cribs that had been sold between May 2000 and last month here in the U.S. and Canada. The Consumer Public Safety...

• Safe Driving Tips When Sharing the Road with Semi's

  Timothy Smith | January 08, 2009 10:49 AM | 2 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A young Traverse City resident recently lost her life when the car she was riding in was involved in an auto accident with a semi truck on Garfield Ave. In any accident between a car and semi truck,...

• Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse

  Timothy Smith | December 31, 2008 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Long-term analysis of nursing home quality of care has recently been completed by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This reporting substantiates the lower quality of care provided by...