The new Michael Moore movie ‘Sicko’� really hits home, because many of our injured clients also struggle to get access to essential health insurance coverage. In fact, the problems that Michael Moore identified in “Sicko”� are just the tip of the iceberg.

At our Michigan personal injury law firm, truck accident victims often come to us after getting the run-around from insurance companies. For example, we have clients who needed expensive medical tests, surgery, and treatment after suffering serious injuries in Michigan truck accidents.

While struggling to recover, some of our truck accident clients ended up hassling with insurance adjustors. The individual’s group health insurance company insisted that medical bills from the Michigan truck accident should be paid by Michigan no-fault auto insurance, while a no-fault auto insurance adjustor claimed that the group health insurance carrier had to pay.

That is where our Michigan truck accident law firm steps in. One of our experienced Michigan truck accident attorneys determines which insurance carrier is legally required to pay, demands payment of our client’s medical bills, and if necessary, files a lawsuit to force the insurance company to meet its responsibility.

Like the people whom Michael Moore featured in “Sicko”� some of our Michigan truck accident clients desperately need essential medical care. We understand, and we are ready to fight for these injured victim’s legal rights.

When you are a young adult, you hope that the whole world is open to you, that everything is possible.

School, work, travel, a family, you name it — nothing can hold you back.

This is just what our client Matt thought — until he was badly hurt in a Michigan auto accident almost two years ago.

Then his life changed in profound ways.

You see, Matt suffered a closed head injury, as well as injuries to his back and legs, as a result of the Michigan auto accident.

Since then, Matt has not been able to find any work that he is able to do.

Before the Michigan car accident, Matt had jobs involving physical labor. Now he cannot do any physical work at all. He also cannot handle a desk job, because the head injury he suffered in the Michigan auto accident left him with significant concentration and memory problems.

It is no wonder that Matt is depressed. He is afraid that he will never be able to support himself or to have a family. Sometimes, he feels that he has nothing to look forward to.

We want to change that — to give this young man a chance for a good life.

Our Michigan car accident lawyers are working hard to help Matt collect damages from the careless driver who caused the Michigan auto accident.

Matt has the legal right to hold that careless driver accountable and our Michigan car accident lawyers are determined to help him do just that.

Thank goodness the baby wasn’t hurt.

Tanya, our Michigan car accident client, was pregnant when she was hit by a careless driver. As a result of the auto accident, she suffered several broken bones and a serious closed head injury.

Fortunately, the Michigan car accident did not end Tanya’s pregnancy. A few months later, she delivered a healthy new daughter.

However, that Michigan automobile accident did deprive Tanya of many joys of motherhood. For several months after the auto accident, she was in a wheelchair. Now she gets around on a walker and still needs help taking care of herself, as well as baby.

Tanya was hoping to go back to school to train for a nursing career, but the Michigan auto accident put these plans on hold. The car accident left her with not only severe physical limitations due to the broken bones, but also with ongoing memory problems and headaches due to the closed head injury.

Thus, it could be a long time before she can pursue her goal of returning to work to help support her family.

Recognizing this hard reality, our Michigan auto accident attorneys are working hard to get most damages possible from the reckless driver who caused the Michigan car accident.

Tanya has been through so much — she deserves full compensation, to help provide financial security for herself and her little daughter.

Imagine going through life with the marks of someone’s careless driving on your face for everyone to see.

This is what happened to Michelle. When she was only 6 years old, she was the victim of a horrible Michigan car accident, caused by a careless driver who lost control of his automobile and smashed into another car. Michelle was an innocent passenger in one of the vehicles.

In the Michigan auto accident, she suffered serious injuries to her face, including deep cuts in her eyelids, nose and scalp, as well as fractures to delicate facial bones. Doctors did surgery to close the wounds and put the bones back into alignment, but they could not erase the damage.

Now, Michelle’s face is covered with scars. When she grows up, she could have more plastic surgery. However, her doctors say that nothing will completely remove the scars caused by this Michigan auto accident.

Not surprisingly, this child has lot of trouble adjusting to the scars on her face, and it could get worse as she enters adolescence. Although most teenage girls become self-conscious about their appearance, the lasting scars of the Michigan car accident are an extraordinary burden for Michelle.

No child should have to experience the trauma of a serious Michigan auto accident. But in this case, Michelle has to remember that terrible car crash every time she looks in the mirror.

At the Law Offices of Sam Bernstein, our experienced Michigan car accident attorneys worked very hard to protect Michelle’s legal rights to compensation for her severe and lasting physical and emotional injuries. She is a special little girl who deserves all the help she can get, for better times ahead.

At age 84, Mrs. James was remarkably independent. She took care of herself, helped around the house, and walked for exercise almost every day. Mrs. James really enjoyed spending time with family and friends, and had been active in the same church for as long as she could remember.

In short, she was living her twilight years in peace and relative comfort. But this all changed the day of a Michigan auto accident, caused by a careless driver who ran a red light and struck Mrs. Jame’s car.

Elderly people can be very fragile, and Mrs. James was no exception.

The Michigan car accident fractured her hip bone and resulted in hip replacement surgery. Sadly, the injury and subsequent surgery were very hard on Mrs. James, and left her an altogether different person than she was before the Michigan auto accident.

Now, she can now do almost nothing by herself. Mrs. James needs help just getting out of bed, taking a shower, getting dressed, and eating. She is wheelchair bound and leaves home only to go to medical appointments. Since the day of the Michigan car accident, Mrs. James has been unable to attend church or go out to visit family and friends.

We are honored by the confidence that Mrs. James and her family showed in us, when they asked us to pursue her Michigan auto accident claims. She is a fine lady who deserves all the help that she can get. You can be sure that our experienced Michigan auto accident attorneys are working very hard to protect this innocent car accident victim’s legal rights.

When tragedy strikes, our Michigan auto accident lawyers are here to help.

Dave, a teenage client, was in a Michigan car accident caused by a reckless driver. Dave suffered awful injuries in the accident. But if that wasn’t bad enough, the car crash killed a friend who was riding in Dave’s car.

No teenager — or anyone else — should have to go through what happened to our client. As a result of that Michigan car accident, Dave has to cope with serious physical injuries and scars, along with the death of a close friend.

Frankly, our client is still struggling with the loss. The young man suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and depression, from that Michigan auto accident. A year and a half has passed, but he certainly is still not back to his old self.

Nothing can erase Dave’s physical scars from the car accident — and nothing can bring back his friend.

But we are glad that we had the opportunity to protect Dave’s legal rights and pursue a Michigan car accident claim on his behalf. Our experienced Michigan auto accident attorneys succeeded in getting a substantial amount of damages for Dave, to help compensate him for the physical and the emotional injuries caused by the car accident.

The compensation from the legal claim will make it possible for Dave to put some money away, perhaps to pay for college or buy his own home. At the Law Offices of Sam Bernstein, we are all hoping for this young man’s full recovery and a brighter future.

At the Law Offices of Sam Bernstein, we work hard for every one of our Michigan personal injury clients, because we understand that a bad car or truck accident victim’s life.

For example, we recently helped a young woman who spent several years training for highly-skilled work that requires rock-steady hands. She called us after an auto accident that changed her future.

The terrible motor vehicle accident happened on her vacation. She was riding along when another driver blew a stop sign, plowed into our client’s car, and rolled it into the next lane. The emergency medical crew needed the “jaws of life”� just to get her out of her crushed vehicle.

It’s a miracle our client survived the car accident – but her life will never be the same. The motor vehicle accident permanently damaged her shoulder and arm. Despite all kinds of medical tests, treatments, several surgeries, therapy, and rehabilitation, the doctors could not restore full use of the hand she needed for the precision tasks of her chosen profession.

It was so unfair.

This nice lady deserved justice – and we were going to make sure she got it. At first, the reckless automobile driver and his insurance companies tried giving us the run around. They should have known better.

Our highly-experienced car and truck accident attorneys got right to work, collected the relevant evidence, and analyzed all the motor vehicle accident reports and medical records, to prepare the strongest possible case for our client.

Then came the accident settlement negotiations. The defense lawyers tried undervaluing our client’s motor vehicle accident case. No way were we going to let them get away with that.

Finally, the defense lawyers realized that we would not give up. They agreed to settle for a very substantial amount — enough to cover our client’s medical costs, pain and suffering, as well as the future wages that our client did not have the chance to earn because she lost the effective use of her hands.

Although we could not give our badly injured client back her old life, we did get her enough compensation to support herself, get whatever medical and other help she needs, and perhaps train for a new profession.

In other words, our personal injury client has the financial security she needs. It feels good to know that we made a difference in our client’s future.

Michigan motorists should pay attention to a recent report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. This organization studies auto accidents, including Michigan auto accidents, and put minicars and sub-compacts through front, side and rear crash tests.

The results from this series of tests should give pause to Michigan automobile drivers and passengers.

The New York Times recognized that small cars are “back in vogue because of high gasoline prices but most fail to provide the same safety protection that buyers find in bigger vehicles.”

All eight models of small cars tested received passing scores on head-on crash tests, but only one, the Nissan Versa, received high marks in both side and rear crash tests. It appears, according to the report, that the Versa is several hundred pounds heavier than competing models. Three other vehicles scored well in side tests, but receive low ratings in rear tests – Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit and the Mini Cooper from BMW.

The cars involved in the auto accident crash simulations included: Nissan Versa, Toyota Yaris (with and without airbags), Honda Fit, Mini Cooper, Chevrolet Aveo, Scion xB, Hyundai Accent, and Kia Rio.

For Michigan auto accident victims, the size of the car that they occupy at the time of the Michigan car accident may be the difference between life and death. Fatality rates for drivers in multiple-vehicle crashes are higher for subcompacts than for every other vehicle category – 83 deaths per million registered vehicles, more than double the average for all sizes of cars and trucks.