Litigation tips for Michigan personal injury attorneys after McCormick v. Carrier

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No-Fault insurance lawyershares additional tips on what Michigans new auto accident law means for car accident victims and personal injury attorneys
This is part two on topics and ideas that I’ll be covering today and tomorrow at the No-Fault Institute Seminar for the Michigan Association for Justice in Southfield. Yesterday, I discussed the objective manifestation requirement …

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