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If you or a loved one has been injured in an auto accident, you need experienced Michigan auto accident lawyers. You may be entitled to recover damages for your lost wages, property damage, medical bills and pain and suffering. You need a Michigan lawyer who understands Michigan’s complex no-fault law.

At Goren, Goren & Harris, our Michigan auto accident lawyers have handled hundreds of Michigan auto accident claims. We understand the intricacies of the human anatomy and how it is affected by sudden impact. Our Michigan auto accident lawyers know how to deal with insurance companies to negotiate the best result for you.

Our Michigan auto accident lawyers have years of experience helping accident victims, including:

• $1.15 MILLION for a car accident that killed a child
  
  
• $1.4 MILLION for a man who suffered a disabling leg injury as a result of a negligent trucker
  
  
• $1 MILLION for a death caused by a tired trucker
  
  
• $1.50 MILLION for auto injuries and a death
  
  
• $2.95 MILLION for loss of a leg in a motorcycle accident
  
  
• $1.70 MILLION for a truck crash killing a man
  
  

What to do I do if I have been involved in a Michigan auto accident?

Since October 1973, Michigan has had a No-Fault Automobile Insurance law. What does that mean? If you are in a “motor vehicle” accident, Michigan’s no-fault law provides some extremely valuable benefits. It also has some strict limitations. The law is very complicated with hundreds of court decisions interpreting it. The Michigan auto accident lawyers at Goren, Goren & Harris can help you, with a free consultation, understand what rights you have, what aspects of your claim you can handle without a lawyer, and when you need to seek skilled legal assistance to guide you through Michigan’s complex law.

Under Michigan’s No-Fault law, you can only sue an at-fault driver for causing “serious impairment of bodily function,” “permanent, serious disfigurement,” or death. How high is that “serious impairment” threshold? A free consult with the Michigan auto accident lawyers at Goren, Goren and Harris will help answer your questions about what it means to suffer “serious impairment of bodily function.” You will also want to discuss some of the valuable rights to insurance benefits you should be able to receive if you were in a motor vehicle accident, even if you were at fault.

Under Michigan Automobile No-Fault Insurance law, you may be entitled to get reimbursed for some of the expenses you incur as a result of the motor vehicle accident, regardless of who was at fault in the accident (that is why the law is called “No Fault”). Generally, the three most important no-fault ‘Personal Injury Protection” (PIP) insurance benefits you will receive are:

1. Lifetime medical expenses, prescriptions, medical appliances, attendant care by family members or others, home modifications, rehabilitation, transportation, reimbursement for the miles you drive to and from the doctor or therapist, and other “reasonable charges incurred for reasonably necessary products, services and accommodations for an injured person’s care, recovery or rehabilitation.”


2. Work Loss for “loss of income from work an injured person would have performed during the first three years after the date of the accident if he or she had not been injured.” You will receive 85% of your gross wages (before tax). There is a monthly maximum that is adjusted for inflation. Even if you were temporarily unemployed, you are entitled to wage loss benefits if you would have worked but for your injuries.


3. Replacement Services of up to $20 per day for expenses incurred to pay family, friends, neighbors or anyone else who performs “ordinary and necessary services in lieu of those that, if [you] had not been injured, [you] would have performed during the first three years after the date of the accident, not for income but for the benefit of [yourself] or [your] dependents.” Examples are cooking, cleaning, yard work, childcare, etc. A doctor may have to certify that the service is necessary. You must keep good records of what services were performed for you while you were injured. And, you must submit these requests for reimbursement for services to your PIP insurer.

In addition to these no-fault “Personal Injury Protection” (PIP) benefits, if a motor vehicle accident causes the death of a family member, you may be entitled to reimbursement of some or all of the funeral and burial expenses, the medical bills and survivor’s loss benefits to the dependants of the decedent. These payments will be made for up to three years to the spouse, minor children and other dependants of the decedent for the loss of “contributions of tangible things of economic value” such as loss of after-tax wages, loss of fringe benefits, and up to $20 per day in replacement household services (all subject to a monthly maximum). Also, the Act provides “Property Protection Insurance” (PPI) to reimburse for expenses to repair, or possibly replace, certain types of accidentally damaged property such as a gas pump, fence, etc. (but not the other car, unless it was legally parked).

Contact Michigan Auto Accident Lawyers: Goren, Goren & Harris

For over 30 years, we have been vigilant in representing the injured. If you or a loved one has been injured by one of the thousands of deadly car accidents each year, contact our Michigan auto accident lawyers for a free consultation by filling out the box to the right or by calling us now, toll free, at (800) 670-0529.

We want to help.