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Volume XX, No. 30
8/19/08

- Troy Breakfast Seminar - Webcast
- Basics Of No-Fault

Volume XX, No. 29
8/8/08
- Lose a Kreiner Motion? Try A Motion For
  Security For Costs!
- Basics Of No-Fault
- Troy Breakfast Seminar
- Correction To No-Fault Manual

Volume XX, No. 28
7/30/08
- Supreme Court Addresses Issue Of Proper
  Way To Compute Case Evaluation Sanctions
- Court Of Appeals Affirms Award Of Reasonable
  Attorney Fee To Plaintiff Equating To $1600
  Per Hour Based On Contingency Fee
  Agreement
- Basics Of No-Fault
- Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 27
7/28/08
  - Michigan Supreme Court Clears Up Ambiguity
    In Court Of Appeals Decisions Regarding
    Designations of Non-Parties At Fault
  - Court Of Appeals Affirms That A Plaintiff's
    "Spotty And Exceptional" Use Of A Vehicle
    Fails To Establish Ownership Of The Vehicle
    Under MCL 500.3101(2)(g)(i)
  - Basics Of No-Fault
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 26
7/18/08
 -
No Fault Act Amended To Exclude ORVs As
   Motor Vehicles Or Motorcycles
 - Windy City Seminar

Volume XX, No. 25
7/16/08
 -
Court of Appeals Strikes Down A Bowling
   Alley Premises Liability Claim
 - The Specific Terms Of A Lease May Alter The
   Statutory Duties Of A Landlord
 - Basics Of No Fault Course
 - Windy City Seminar
 - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 24
7/14/08
-
No Fault Coverage Held Not To Apply To
  Snowmobiler's Accident With Parked Pickup
  And Trailer
- Fault Termination Of Employment And The
  Impact On Payment Of Benefits Pursuant to
  MCI 418.301
- Tarzwell v State Farm And Reimbursement
  Claims Against Primary Health Plans
- Allison v Aew Capital Management Reversed!
  Michigan Supreme Court Holds That One To
  Two Inches Of Snow In Apartment Complex
  Parking Lot Did Not Render It Unfit For Its
  Intended Purpose
- How To Handle A Claim For Damage To A
  Loaner Vehicle Made Against Your Insured
- Illegal Alien Update
- Basics Of No Fault Course
- Windy City Seminar
- Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 23
7/9/08    RELATED ATTACHMENT
 -
Court of Appeals Upholds Validity of Intra-
   Family Limitation Clause in Auto Liability
   Policy
- Michigan No Fault Law Traps Unwary
  Newcomers To This State
- Basics of No Fault
- Windy City Seminar
- Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 22
6/27/08
- Michigan Supreme Court Decides Stokes v.
  Chrysler LLC And Decides Test For
  Determining Disability
- Services Must Be Lawfully Rendered To Be
  Compensable Under The Michigan No Fault
  Act For Personal Protection Insurance (PIP)
  Benefits
- Windy City Seminar July 24; Registration Open
-
Attorney Kevin Weise Returns From Iraq

Volume XX, No. 21
6/9/08
- Open & Obvious Doctrine Bars Plaintiff's
  Claims
- Court Of Appeals Holds That Insurer Of
   Vehicle Owner Owes Vehicle Driver A
   Defense - At Least If The Driver Is A Relative
   Of The Owner
 - Guardian And Conservator Fees In No Fault
   Claims
 - Chicago Seminar: July 24, 2008

Volume XX, No. 20
5/27/08
  - Supreme Court Says $1,000,000 No Fault
    Property Claim Cap Means $1,000,000

Volume XX, No. 19
5/13/08
  -
Slip And Fall While Scrapping Windshield
    Does Not Entitle Claimant To No-Fault
    Benefits
  - All Vehicles Registered To Michigan
    Residents And Operated On Michigan
    Highways Must Have Michigan No-Fault
    Coverage, No Matter Where The Vehicles Are
    Usually Kept

Volume XX, No. 18
5/5/08
  - Court of Appeals Finds Plaintiff, Who Is Able
    To Work And Sustained A Very Minor Impact
    On Her Regular Activities, Has A Threshold
    Injury

Volume XX, No. 17
4/29/08
  - Supreme Court Rules That Contractual
    Limitations, As Well As Statutory Ones,
    Are Not Automatically Tolled By An Insurer's
    Review Of A Claim

Volume XX, No. 16
4/25/08
   - Court of Appeals Adopts Test for
     Medical Causation

Volume XX, No. 15
4/16/08
  -
Michigan Supreme Court Limits Wrongful
    Death Claims for Motor Vehicle Accidents
    Involving Government Vehicles
  - Priority Dispute with Health Insurer Results in
    PIP Penalty Interest and Attorney Fee
    Assessment
  - Michigan Supreme Court Analyzes "Common
    Work Area" Doctrine Element of "Readily
    Observable and Avoidable Dangers"
  - Last Call for the Grand Rapids Breakfast
    Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU
  - Fall Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 14
3/31/08
  -
Open and Obvious Isn't Just for Premises
    Owners Anymore
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU
  - Fall Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 13
3/28/08
  -
Vicariously Liable Defendants Entitled to
    Setoff for Amounts Paid by Tortfeasors Upon
    Whose Negligence the Vicarious Liability
    Rests (Motor Vehicle Owners Entitled to
    Setoff for Amounts Paid by Negligent Drivers)
  - Iqbal Case Is Final
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU
  - Fall Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 12
3/18/08
  -
If an Attendant Care Provider Does Not
    Expect to be Paid for the Services Provided
    to Their Friend or Family Member, the No
    Fault Insurer Is Not Liable for Payment
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU
  - Fall Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 11
3/14/08
  -
The Michigan Supreme Court Holds that for
    Purposes of the One Year Back Rule, Losses
    Are Incurred at the Time the Medical Service
    Is Rendered
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU

Volume XX, No. 10
3/13/08
  -
Temporary Serious Impairments: Routine
    Recovery from Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
    Constitutes Serious Impairment as a Matter of
    Law
  - Summary Disposition Granted Unless
    Impaired Plaintiff Proves That Defendant Was
    50% or More at Fault
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU

Volume XX, No. 9
3/6/08
  -
Right of Recovery Against Medicare for Pre-
    December 5, 1980 Motor Vehicle Accidents
  - Eliminating the Myth of Medicare Recovery
    Programs And Addressing Those Programs
    with Proactivity
  - Court of Appeals Holds That Consent to
    Settle Provision in Uninsured Motorist
    Benefits Policy Can Be Waived by Insurer
  - Buckeye Seminar
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU

Volume XX, No. 8
  - Owner/Operator of Semi Tractor Excluded
    from No Fault Coverage under MCLA
    500.3101 and 3113 of the Michigan
    Automobile No Fault Insurance Act
  - Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension
    Act of 2007 Signed by President Bush on
    December 29, 2007 and its Impact upon No
    Fault Insurers
  - Buckeye Seminar
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU

Volume XX, No. 7
2/27/08
  -
Court of Appeals Tolls the "One Year Back"
    Rule for Minor's Claim for Underinsured
    Motorist Benefits
  - Buckeye Seminar
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar
  - Basic No Fault Course at LTU

Volume XX, No. 6
2/18/08
  -
Every Owner and Registrant of a Motor
    Vehicle Is Not Required to be a Named
    Insured on a Policy of Insurance
  - Buckeye Seminar
  - Grand Rapids Breakfast Seminar

Volume XX, No. 5
2/5/08
  -
Under the Michigan Motor Carrier Safety
    Act, a Motorist May Have Exposure
    Beyond $1,000,000 Under the Property
    Protection Provision of the Michigan No
    Fault Act
  - The Return of Fault

Volume XX, No. 4
1/28/08
  - Court of Appeals Acknowledges Plaintiff's
    Equitable Estoppel Theory in Claim by
    Michigan Resident to Recover Personal
    Protection Insurance Benefits Under Plaintiff's
    Colorado Automobile Insurance Policy

Volume XX, No. 3
1/14/08
  -
Exculpatory Releases
  - Illegal Aliens and Michigan Driver's License

Volume XX, No. 2
1/11/08
  - Court Rules That Provocation Defense to Dog
    Bites Not Applicable When Dog Already in a
    Provoked State

Volume XX, No. 1
1/4/08
  - Court of Appeals Tolls the "One Year Back"
    Rule in Unpublished Decision

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