Great article about the state of torts in Michigan.

In a nutshell……

http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/213581-michigan-a-battleground-for-tort-reformers-and-attorneys

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs attorneys are attempting to demolish years of legal reform in Michigan for their own sakes, a report released Wednesday by the Manhattan Institute says.

The sixth installment of the Institute’s “Trial Lawyers, Inc.” series focused on the ups and downs of the state’s past, and the need to preserve the tort reform measures that changed the landscape of litigation in a state that still has a troubled economy.

Expert personal injury lawyer Steven M. Gursten says with new Michigan Supreme Court justice, thousands of people who were seriously injured in auto accidents throughout Michigan and subsequently told they have no cases by Michigan lawyers, will likely have a second chance. And a badly broken law that has turned countless seriously injured people away could finally be changed.

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Did you know that in Michigan, pharmaceutical companies are not liable for the damage their products may cause? This is so wrong it begs a new definition for the word wrong.

Today I’m printing, with their permission, a Michigan husband and wife’s story about how a drug reaction coupled with federal preemption has affected their lives. Their last names are not given to protect their privacy. Every wife, husband and partner should know that if it’s your turn for Rx personal injury, just how the pharmaceutical industry has taken care to manage your civil rights to know what went wrong and to recover through justice that only the trial process can dispense…..

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