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By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan Social Security Disability attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated August 1, 2026. A 56-year-old Michigan machinist limited to sedentary work is asked a question that a 48-year-old with the same file is not, and the answer usually decides the claim. The question is whether the skills…

By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan criminal defense attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated July 30, 2026. Michigan’s high-BAC drunk driving provision, known almost everywhere as the super drunk law, applies to a first offense at an alcohol content of 0.17 or more. The statute treats that reading as its own offense…

By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan criminal defense attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated July 27, 2026. A missed drug test or a late report to a probation officer does not put a Michigan probationer back in front of a judge facing the original sentence. The Legislature separated technical violations from new…

By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan personal injury attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated July 24, 2026. A commercial truck crash usually produces a longer list of responsible parties than a two-car collision, and the reason is statutory rather than tactical. Michigan makes the owner of a vehicle answerable for its negligent…

By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan estate planning attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated July 21, 2026. Michigan caps the growth of a property’s taxable value while the same owner holds it and lifts that cap when ownership transfers. The exemption that lets a family home pass to the next generation without…

By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan estate planning attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated July 18, 2026. The question of whether a family needs a will or a trust is usually answered by describing what each does. A different way in is to look at how each is made valid, because the…

By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan personal injury attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated July 15, 2026. A Michigan wrongful death recovery does not simply pass to the estate and then to whoever inherits under a will. The proceeds are distributed by court order, after a hearing, among a class of people…

A vehicle crashed into a home in Grand Rapids just after 1 a.m., completely demolishing the porch before the occupants fled the scene on foot, leaving no one in custody, according to Grand Rapids police. The crash occurred in the area of Butterworth Street and Lane Avenue. No one inside the home was injured. Police…

Did a Single-Car Rollover Block I-94 at Trumbull in Detroit, Michigan? A single-vehicle rollover crash closed all eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 at Trumbull in Detroit beginning around 2:40 a.m. Monday, leaving a severely damaged SUV on the roadway and triggering a traffic backup that extended back to the I-96 and I-94 interchange. The Michigan…

Did a Rollover Crash Shut Down I-94 in Detroit, Michigan? A single-vehicle rollover crash closed all eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 near Trumbull Street in Detroit during the early morning hours of Monday, July 13, 2026, snarling rush hour traffic for more than five hours. Michigan State Police confirmed that at least one person was…