Nearly every one of the arguments insurance adjusters use to deny or minimize settlements for personal injury claims boil down to the schoolyard bully’s taunt of “Aw, ya ain’t hurt all that bad!” Waiting to receive medical care after a traffic accident, slip and fall,…
We see it every day at the Bairs Foundation: a catastrophic injury or sudden illness sets a family back so much that they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. This week, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced legislation that would help tenants avoid…
With the recent anniversary of 9/11, all of us at Milestone, like our fellow Americans, have been thinking about how much the victims, their families, and our country lost in just a few minutes on what would have been a regular day. Seeing how our trial attorneys…
By Guest Author, Evelynn Passino, J.D. – Executive Director of Pooled Trust Services Florida recently joined a handful of other states in making a change to its ABLE statute that gives clients a little more control over their money when they die. If you are…
A personal protection order or PPO is an order that prohibits an individual from engaging in specific behavior. There are three different kinds of PPOs. There is a sex assault PPO that prohibits stalking and assaultive behaviors when there isn’t a domestic relation between…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still working to find exactly what’s causing the mysterious vaping illness that has sprung up around the country. According to a recent report from CNBC, the illness has now affected about 530 people and recently claimed…
Sexual assault attorney Mick Grewal discusses allegations regarding a Traverse City massage therapist who has been accused of sexually assaulting his clients. Jeffry Knapp, a Michigan massage therapist who has been affiliated with Grand Traverse Resort, Loving Hands Massage and Spa in Traverse City, and…
By Jason D. Lazarus, Esq. Introduction Assume you just settled a personal injury case for John Doe who is married to Jane. John has a significant brain injury and there are questions of competency. John was injured on the job but had a product liability…