Distracted driving has always been a reality – drivers eat, pick things up off of the floor, reach into the backseat to tend to their children, adjust song selection, or apply makeup. Now, however, cell phones and handheld devices have made driving on Michigan highways even more treacherous.

Obviously, as the survey indicates, it’s not that drivers are unaware of the dangers they cause by talking and texting while driving, but the ability and pressure to stay constantly connected and available takes precedence.

As April comes to a close, we can remind you that this is National Distracted Driver Awareness Month, but every month, every day calls for vigilance on the roads. If you or a loved one have been injured in an auto accident as a result of another motorist’s distracted driving, contact David Femminineo to discuss your case.

The right Mt. Clemens & Metro-Detroit, Michigan, personal injury attorney will help you prove your dog bite case and reach a settlement for you or the loved one who has suffered physical or psychological damage because of a dog attack.

Michigan dog bite law holds the attacking dog’s owner responsible for any injuries the animal may inflict upon an adult or child. An unprovoked attack that occurred on public property or lawfully on private property makes the owner of the dog liable.

Remember too that it need not be a dog “bite,” per se, that entitles you to compensation. Dogs can attack in other ways – by scratching or knocking you over. If injuries have resulted from an encounter with a dog – regardless of whether or not it has attacked in the past or has always been considered a docile animal – you have a case according to Michigan law.

Call David C. Femminineo for personal injury law services and to schedule a consultation about your dog bite case.

Has your auto accident injury ruined your career? Perhaps your once thriving enterprise has been losing money, or has even been forced to close its doors because your disabilities and injuries have prevented you from running the business as effectively and enthusiastically as you once were able.

Maybe you have a job that has been compromised by the injuries you received in a Michigan auto accident. Are you a builder who has lost the use of a limb? Are you an office worker who is unable to sit for long periods of time? Are you a homemaker now on permanent disability who has lost future potential wages because you can no longer return to work as you once intended?

See the case results that David C. Femminineo has gotten for his clients, victims of auto accidents, truck accidents, and motorcycle accidents. You are entitled to compensation for the injuries you have suffered at the hands of another.

Medical negligence means that your doctor had a legal duty to provide a certain level of care to you or your loved one but that care was breached in some way, directly causing damage to the patient.

There are a variety of tests that can be conducted to confirm or rule out a heart attack or coronary artery disease, including but not limited to an EKG, electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiogram, stress test, angiogram, and cardiac enzyme laboratory studies.

If your physician was negligent in carrying out these ordinary standards of care for heart health, leading to a missed diagnosis or incorrect diagnosis of a heart condition, this type of medical negligence could lead to a medical malpractice case.

The misreading of test results, misinterpretation of symptoms, delay of diagnosis or testing, or failure to order the appropriate tests when symptoms indicated otherwise can all make a doctor liable for medical negligence.

As the patient who is the victim of negligence or medical malpractice, you have the right to file a medical malpractice suit against the medical professional or institution responsible. If the victim of medical malpractice dies as a result of negligence, surviving family members can file wrongful death and medical malpractice suits. Contact David Femminineo to discuss your potential medical malpractice case.

Often, when joining a gym, you sign a contract agreeing that you work out at your own risk and that you have been given medical clearance to do so. However, if you’ve been injured in a gym accident because your Michigan facility has been negligent in properly maintaining their property and equipment, you could have a valid personal injury claim and be entitled to damages.

A gym equipment malfunction that is not of your doing but is the direct result of poor maintenance means your case is worth a consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney to determine whether or not you are eligible for compensation. Contact David Femminineo of Femminineo Attorneys PLLC to understand your rights and learn whether or not you are entitled to reimbursement for your pain and suffering.

Michigan’s poor rating (one star out of five) by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was based on the state’s failure to implement many of the 11 elements the NTSB believes can help stop alcohol-related deaths.

Michigan has adopted only two elements – DWI courts and confinement alternatives – and actually has declared one of the biggest proposals illegal: sobriety checkpoints. The NTSB has stated that these checkpoints can reduce deaths due to drunk driving by 20 percent.

Though alcohol-related traffic deaths in Michigan in 2010 were down to 30 percent (from 34 percent in 2009), that number is still too high. And many families are feeling the sad effects of drunken drivers on Michigan highways. If you have been the victim of a drunk driving accident or if you have lost a loved one to a preventable car crash, contact David Femminineo and the personal injury attorneys of Femminineo Attorneys PLLC. Our firm has recovered over $40 million for auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, and truck accidents.

And we hope that you and yours have a very happy – and safe – holiday season.

The good news: At Femminineo Attorneys, we have recovered over $10 million in compensation for our clients who have suffered an injury because of the negligence of a property manager, property owner, or maintenance company. These generous verdicts are a testament to our firm’s ability to establish where the carelessness lies in a personal injury case.

When selecting your Michigan personal injury attorney for your slip and fall case, you want to hire a professional who is prepared to carefully review your claim and pursue a case against any and all responsible parties. Whether your accident occurred at a restaurant, mall, grocery store, your apartment complex, or even someone else’s home, you may have a right to seek damages for your injuries.

As snow, sleet, and ice descend on Michigan, watch your step, but if you are unfortunately injured because of another’s poor maintenance of their property, contact David Femminineo and the personal injury lawyers of Femminineo Attorneys PLLC to help you seek damages for your pain and injuries.

Why does the economy impact auto accident statistics? A higher number of unemployed workers means fewer commuters on the highways, resulting in a lower number of traffic accident fatalities in Michigan.

In the past few years, we have had the fewest traffic fatalities in Michigan since the 1940s. Here are some interesting statistics:

• In 1943, there were 992 fatalities on Michigan highways due to auto accidents.
• It has only been in the last three years that there were fewer than 1,000 fatalities due to car accidents in Michigan since 1943: In 2008 there were 980 auto accident fatalities, in 2009 there were 871, and in 2010 there were 937.
• 1968 was the worst year for auto accident fatalities in Michigan – 2,392 people were killed.

However, while we can be thankful for fewer fatalities on the road, this does not automatically mean that the number of auto accidents has dwindled. In 1963, there were almost 262,000 car crashes. In 2010, that number was up by over 20,000 – while that may seem like a huge increase in crashes, compared to the decades in between, the number of crashes in 2010 is the lowest it has been in the state of Michigan since 1963, sometimes rising by the hundreds of thousands. See all of the statistics. The worst year for auto accidents on Michigan highways since 1943 was in 1996 when there were 435,477 crashes.

Seatbelt use, airbags, and improved safety engineering have all contributed to fewer highway deaths, however, seatbelt usage by those who were fatally injured in a car accident continuously hovers around 50 percent. That number is still not as high as it should be. Sadly, negligence by another driver can impact your chances for staying safe on Michigan highways – if you or a loved one are involved in a Michigan traffic accident, contact a Michigan personal injury attorney immediately. At Femminineo Attorneys PLLC, we have recouped over $40 million for clients who were involved in auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, and truck accidents.

For over 40 years, Michigan law has required motorcycle riders to wear a helmet on public roads. Now, a bill repealing this law has been introduced in the Michigan State Legislature and would allow riders age 21 or older to forgo helmets if they have at least $100,000 in personal liability insurance.

The bottom line is this: It’s your privilege to ride a motorcycle. However, motorcycle drivers are often blamed for an accident in which they are involved, even if there is no evidence to support this claim. There are different laws and insurance standards that can affect the personal injury case of a motorcycle driver – and if the mandatory Michigan motorcycle helmet law is repealed, that will impact your personal injury case too.

If you as a Michigan motorcycle driver are injured in a highway accident due to the negligence of another driver, it’s absolutely necessary to retain the services of a personal injury attorney at once. The insurance standards and laws to which motorcyclists are held are different than those for drivers of motor vehicles – but motorcycle drivers and riders are entitled to the same rights as all the vehicles with which they share the road.

Should the mandatory helmet law be repealed and you choose not to wear a helmet but are injured in a motorcycle accident, Femminineo Attorneys’ experienced personal injury lawyers will protect your rights and work to ensure that you receive the compensation you deserve.

Seasoned drivers in Michigan, however, also contribute to the creation of hazardous summer highways. Major warm-weather holidays like the Fourth of July, combined with the consumption of more alcohol than usual, make this an accident-prone season. Fatigued drivers heading to faraway vacation destinations add their own brand of dangerous driving to the roads.

Have your summers been permanently tainted because you or a loved one were involved in an auto accident in Michigan due to another driver’s neglect or naiveté? At Femminineo Attorneys, we take personal injury cases very seriously – it is our goal to help you collect damages for any pain or suffering you’ve endured in a traffic accident at the hands of another driver.