In addition to assisting seniors with long term care and personal injury victims, our firm also is a leader in the practice of family law in Macomb County. Often times, family law issues evolve from long term care planning issues. Our goal, as a firm, is to offer full legal services to the community as…
Continue reading ›Are you a veteran suffering from asbestos exposure in Michigan? If so, please contact my good friends at the Mesothelioma Center. They can be a great resource for veterans and their families facing asbestos related illnesses. Here is their information: Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of living veterans were exposed to toxic asbestos-containing materials…
Continue reading ›SMDA Partner, Patrick Derkacz, just finished a trial this week for a client who was injured in a 2004 crash. We sued his insurance company for underinsured motorist (UM) coverage. This is coverage which you buy for yourself which should pay if you get in a car crash and the at-fault driver does not have…
Continue reading ›When there are children involved in a divorce proceeding, it is encumbent upon the parents to foster and encourage a positive relationship with the other parent regardless of how contentious the divorce may have been. The divorce results in a realignment of the family unit which can be followed by further changes that were never…
Continue reading ›Significant changes have occurred within the Department of Veteran’s Affairs that may affect your ability to receive VA benefits if you are a Vietnam era veteran that suffers from certain conditions. Certain diseases and conditions are now viewed as presumptive illnesses related to the conditions Agent Orange (a herbicide used during the Vietnam Conflict) exposure.…
Continue reading ›SMDA client SG suffered devastating and life altering injuries in a head on highway speed collision on May 15, 1987. She was found under the dashboard and life flighted to the hospital. She was insured with State Farm at the time of the collision. During the ensuing years, SG and her family noticed that she…
Continue reading ›SMDA client, CT was rear-ended on June 7, 2004. AT the time she was insured with State Farm. CT suffered a herniated disc in her neck and underwent fusion surgery about 6 months later. State Farm paid personal injury protection (PIP) benefits (consisting of medical bills and replacement services) for about two years and then…
Continue reading ›According to USA Today, motorcycle accidents are responsible for the deaths of 12 people every day in the United States. The leading cause of death in these accidents is not surprisingly head injuries. Although nearly every other type of traffic fatality has gone down, motorcycle fatalities have been on the rise for the last 11…
Continue reading ›Our firm is pleased to announce that we have moved to our new offices located at 44444 Mound Road, Suite 100, Sterling Heights, Michigan 48314. Located south of M-59/Hall Road on the east side of Mound Road, our new building is accommodating to seniors and provides easy access to M-59 and nearby freeways. As most…
Continue reading ›If you are a veteran in Michigan and expecting a raise or increase in benefits, you may be waiting another year. VA benefits generally follow the same trend as Social Security benefits. For those of you who don’t know, Social Security benefits will have no increase for 2011. Therefore, it is probably likely that there…
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