Auto No Fault

In the first phase of a study by the research firm Michigan Public Health Institute, 1,500 patients with catastrophic injuries from car crashes were found to have lost care due to changes in no fault law. That number has now more than quadrupled to 6,800.

A handful of summer protests against the impact of Michigan’s 2019 auto insurance changes kicked off Tuesday in Lansing.

The Michigan Court of Appeals heard arguments in a class action lawsuit, Andary v. USAA, that seeks to restore reasonable payments for the care of people with catastrophic injuries from car crashes that happened before 2019.

The Michigan Court of Appeals will hear arguments in class action lawsuit Andary v. USAA, on whether 2019 auto no fault law can cut benefits for patients hurt in car crashes before the law passed.

Republican leaders in the House and Senate have made it clear they will not allow any changes to the state's controversial auto no fault law, despite severe consequences for auto accident victims.

Republican Daire Rendon is defying the party line on auto no-fault, but she says she needs others in her party to do the same.

Seven Republican and two Democratic members of the state House Insurance Committee walked out during testimony from providers who say insurance companies are refusing to pay them for the care of auto accident survivors.

State Farm stopped paying anything for the home care of Stephen Gedda, severely injured in a 2011 car crash, in September, according to Gedda's attorney.

Michigan drivers will soon get a refund on their auto insurance payments. As part of the weekly series MichMash, Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk about why that is.

State House Speaker Jason Wentworth said this week that "it's time to move on" from discussions about fixing the auto no-fault insurance law this session.