Michigan Supreme Court considers 30-day waiting period for lawyer solicitation of accident victims by mail

Posted in Auto Insurance by Anthony Thompson on January 6, 2012 No Comments yet

I don’t like injury lawyer solicitation. It gives the profession a black eye.  I’ve been outspoken about this issue and have written about it repeatedly.

Now, after  a recent hearing, the Michigan Supreme Court  is finally considering a change to injury lawyer advertising and direct mail solicitation of people who have been injured in car accidents.  One of the proposed changes prohibits injury lawyers from sending direct mail to accident victims within the first 30 days after an injury or death.

As Ive said before, such restrictions will go a long way in protecting accident victims because frankly, most of the attorneys who are soliciting are the ones  not qualified enough to really help car accident victims to begin with. A 30-day

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