News & Urgent Action Alerts
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Urgent Action AlertPosted Feb 21st, 2017
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s announced this evening during his State of the City Address that he would urge Lansing lawmakers to support major reforms to Michigan’s auto insurance system. In response to Mayor Duggan’s comments, the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault (CPAN) President John Cornack issued the following statement:
“We agree that Detroiters are paying far too much for auto insurance. However, to blame Michigan’s no-fault system is completely misleading.
Urgent Action AlertPosted Dec 14th, 2016
CPAN is urging all members to CALL their Michigan lawmakers today and tell them to vote NO on the proposed last-minute Lame Duck no-fault legislation. The proposed bill would cap injury benefits for uninsured children and seniors, limit family-provided attendant care for catastrophic accident survivors and create a biased fraud authority.
• Michigan House of Representatives: 517-373-0135
• Michigan State Senate: 517-373-2400
Urgent Action AlertPosted Dec 13th, 2016
The Michigan Legislature are considering a last-minute bill today that would drastically impact the state’s no-fault auto injury system while benefitting insurance companies.
Posted Oct 3rd, 2016
Our friends at the Brain Injury Association of Michigan said in a recent Facebook post, “lame duck session is coming and is scarier than Halloween.” Unfortunately, this year, that’s turning out to be true.
Late last week, Representative Jason Sheppard, R-Temperance, introduced legislation — HB 5951 — that once again puts Michigan’s no-fault system and its critical medical benefits at grave risk. The bill proposes different levels of medical benefits, starting at an abysmal $250,000 cap on medical coverage. This would leave accident victims with limited coverage and zero options.
Urgent Action AlertPosted Aug 26th, 2016
LANSING – Michigan Court of Appeals issued ruling today in the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault’s transparency lawsuit against the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA).
Posted Aug 2nd, 2016
On June 22, 2016, the Michigan Supreme Court granted CPAN’s Motion for Leave to File an Amicus Brief in the case of Covenant Medical Center, Inc. v State Farm, which is currently pending in the Michigan Supreme Court (Docket No. 152758). CPAN’s General Counsel, George T. Sinas, of the Sinas Dramis Law Firm, drafted and filed CPAN’s Motion seeking amicus status and, in a recent statement, emphasized the significance of this case. Read George's Summary here...
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Posted Aug 2nd, 2016
On June 22, 2016, the Michigan Supreme Court granted CPAN’s Motion for Leave to File an Amicus Brief in the case of Covenant Medical Center, Inc. v State Farm, which is currently pending in the Michigan Supreme Court (Docket No. 152758). CPAN’s General Counsel, George T. Sinas, of the Sinas Dramis Law Firm, drafted and filed CPAN’s Motion seeking amicus status and, in a recent statement, emphasized the significance of this case. Read his summary
Urgent Action AlertPosted Mar 24th, 2016
Dr. Owen Perlman specializes in treating catastrophic auto accident victims. His column warning against the "worthless and Draconian" coverage proposed by Mayor Duggan's D-Insurance plan was published in the Detroit News today.