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[Sheldon]

Yeah, I was.

Horrors what would the Democrats do for a living then???

[timusp40]

Atty Stu
Kind of suspicious about mouthpieces lurking around these kind of forums. especially when they let you know by their intro!

[Booga]

If that guy did not have insurance, my only recourse would be this fund.

I'm not from Michigan, but I do have a comment about this section of the law and this section of this comment.(as interpreted through the comments here)
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I understand what you're saying about the compensation for loss of limb.
However, the point still remains that the people who are up-to-date in paying their insurance are paying into this fund. The people NOT paying into the fund are exactly the same people that are let off the hook by this fund paid for by the rest of the people.

It's a double-whammy for the people who buy insurance. They're on the hook for themselves, and for anyone who didn't buy insurance.

[Atty Stu]

Two different responses in one post:

1. As to the uninsured motorist fund, I've always been fully insured. My understanding is that if I am in an accident with an uninsured motorist, I have to turn to the fund for reimbursement of non-medical expenses related to the loss of limb, e.g. that most policies will not pick up these expenses because the law presumes you sue the other side. Therefore, I am the one being punished because this yokol is driving around without insurance. I think this is stupid because I have much more than minimum coverage because someone who hits me is not going settle for policy limits with my job and Michigan's low mandatory policy limits. If I hit someone who bought his certificate from the "thegeneral.com" I'm stuck with those ridiculously low limits unless the guy happens to have enough assets to make it worth going after him personally. In state where most people are upside down on their mortgages, with high unemployment, and where retirement funds are protected from attachment, I'm probably hosed.

2. As to me being criticized for admitting that I am an attorney, I lose both ways. If I don't disclose it, you can say that it is unethical lurking. It may give me a little "cred" on certain issues, but I'm not here chasing cases. I joined the forum to try and answer a post where I knew the answer and where there was some flat out wrong information. Ironically, even though I posted my answer three times, the mod never left it through. I gave up and sent the poster a private post.

I know how much lawyers are loved. People have a love/hate relationship with us. My brother is a doctor so believe me I've heard every lawyer joke out there. I also flat out acknowledged that I wasn't a member of the GOP in a forum where this probably wasn't going to get me any favors. In sum, I ain't chasing cases or ambulances on this forum. I'm simply saying I know a little law.

Stu

[Booga]

Can't speak to the whole lost post thing, but having members on a forum contribute to the best of their ability and knowledge is something I we all can appreciate.

...Therefore, I am the one being punished because this yokol is driving around without insurance.

I'm not a fan of this idea that someone is being punished because they're not being rewarded/compensated.
The people being punished are the people forced into paying into the fund to cover actions that they aren't responsible for.

[fuhr52]

I have an idea. Why don't we start punishing the law breakers instead of the people that following the law. Seems like we are constantly making excuses for the law breakers and expecting the people that follow the law pay for it. Just my opinion.

[Sheldon]

I have an idea. Why don't we start punishing the law breakers instead of the people that following the law. Seems like we are constantly making excuses for the law breakers and expecting the people that follow the law pay for it. Just my opinion.

And that is the logic that every liberal refuses to acknowledge, be it gun law or as in this incidence other area.....