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The Importance of Reporting Your Injury Immediately, Completely and Thoroughly
One of the issues that I, as a Michigan personal injury attorney, sometimes face arises from my client’s initial report of his/her injury. When you are hurt on the job, you can help your case by reporting your case immediately. You should also be t…
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Categories: Personal Injury
Filing for Workers' Compensation? Careful What You Post Online
Our Metro Detroit law office has handled thousands of Workers’ Compensation cases. In many cases, the defense attorney hires a private investigator to follow the client during his day to day activities to see if the client is really injured. Of…
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Categories: Workers' Compensation
How Your Doctors Can Help You Win Your Social Security Disability Case
Having your doctors participate in your SSD case is imperative. Unfortunately, doctors are often reluctant to writing letters and filling out forms on behalf of Social Security Disability Claimants. Nevertheless, if your doctor, based on his or her t…
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Categories: Social Security Disability
Prepare for your Initial Call to Apply for your Long-Term Disability Benefits
Your initial call to the Long-Term Disability insurance company is very important. You should prepare yourself prior to making the initial phone call. The insurance company will use this first phone call as an opportunity to interview you about: how…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Preparation is the key to winning your long-term disability case
Preparation prior to filing your claim for LTD benefits can increase your chances for success. Three important keys to winning your LTD case are: 1. Review: Every disability plan defines disability in a particular way. It is important to obtain a cop…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Can you record a conversation with your spouse under Michigan law?
Often clients call and ask how they can preserve telephone calls with their spouse or voice mails. You can buy telephone recording devices. Radio Shack sells them or you can look in the yellow pages for a spy store. You put part of it in your ear and…
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Categories: Divorce and Family Law
Electronic Evidence in Michigan Divorce Litigation
Electronic evidence is being used more widely in Michigan divorce litigation. E-mail is the most prevalent form of electronic evidence being used, but text messages and GPS tracking are other forms that litigants are finding informative. I have seen…
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Categories: Divorce and Family Law
Michigan Family Law – Hiding Money From Your Spouse
What is financial infidelity? It is a subtle form of cheating, disloyalty to your spouse. Many people think it is benign because you just leave out some information, like you bought a new dress and told your husband it was on sale when it really wasn…
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Categories: Divorce and Family Law
The Use of Oakland County Drug Courts is Important
I recently read about the issue of getting rid of the Oakland County drug courts in several local newspapers. I hope that will all the budget cuts coming that the prosecutors office and the court find money to fund this program. I believe that some p…
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Categories: Criminal Defense
US Supreme Court rules on judicial bias
The United States Supreme Court ruled on June 8, 2009, that elected judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. This is a very important decision since so many states have…
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