After a serious motor vehicle accident, the questions come fast: Who pays the medical bills? What happens if you cannot work? Which insurer should be paying now, and which losses belong in a claim against the at-fault driver?
Our Southfield personal injury lawyers handle those questions for people injured in car, truck, and motorcycle crashes in Southfield and throughout Metro Detroit.
Kajy Law Firm has handled 5,000+ cases and recovered more than $100 million for clients. From our Southfield office on W Nine Mile Road, we investigate your crash, identify the available insurance, document your losses, and pursue both no-fault benefits and liability claims when the law allows. Start your case today. Call 248-702-6641 or contact us online for a free consultation. We are available 24/7.
Table of contents
- What Types of Personal Injury Cases Does Kajy Law Firm Handle in Southfield?
- Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Injury Claims Are Our Focus
- How Can a Southfield Personal Injury Attorney Help After a Crash?
- Maximizing Michigan No-Fault Benefits After a Crash
- What Compensation May Be Available After a Southfield Motor Vehicle Accident?
- What If You Were Partly Responsible for the Crash?
- How Long Do I Have to Bring a Michigan Personal Injury Claim?
- Why Choose a Personal Injury Lawyer Focused on Motor Vehicle Accidents?
- Southfield Personal Injury Representation for Different Vehicle Crashes
- What Does Kajy Law Firm Bring to a Southfield Injury Case?
- What Factors Affect the Value of a Southfield Motor Vehicle Injury Claim?
- Questions People Ask Before Hiring a Southfield Personal Injury Lawyer
- Speak With a Southfield Personal Injury Attorney Focused on Motor Vehicle Accidents
What Types of Personal Injury Cases Does Kajy Law Firm Handle in Southfield?
Our team of Southfield personal injury attorneys handles car, truck, and motorcycle crashes exclusively. We do not divide our attention among slip and fall accidents, dog bites, and other unrelated injury claims. If you are injured after an auto accident in Michigan, Michigan auto insurance, no-fault benefits, liability, and serious-injury issues are the work we handle every day.
That focus matters because a single crash can raise several separate insurance questions at once. We may need to identify the correct PIP carrier, prove another driver's fault, address uninsured or underinsured coverage, and show how the injuries meet Michigan's requirements for noneconomic damages.
Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Injury Claims Are Our Focus
Most Southfield injury claims we handle begin as car crashes, but commercial trucks and motorcycles require different investigations. A truck case may turn on company records and commercial insurance. A motorcycle claim can hinge on which motor vehicle was involved and which auto insurer falls first in Michigan's PIP priority rules.
- Car accidents involving rear-end crashes, intersections, uninsured drivers, rideshare vehicles, and other passenger vehicles
- Commercial truck collisions involving drivers, motor carriers, maintenance records, federal safety rules, and multiple insurance policies
- Motorcycle accidents involving Michigan's special no-fault priority rules and questions about which motor vehicle insurer must pay PIP benefits
- Serious motor vehicle injuries that affect work, mobility, independence, or long-term care needs
If your injury did not result from a motor vehicle crash, our referral resources may help you find a lawyer who handles that type of case. While we remain focused on car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, Kajy cares about all clients who approach us for help, even when we have to refer them to another law firm.
How Can a Southfield Personal Injury Attorney Help After a Crash?
A personal injury attorney in Southfield takes over the work that insurers expect injured people to manage themselves. We identify every applicable policy, obtain the crash evidence, including gathering proof after a Michigan collision, document lost wages, income, and medical treatment, deal with adjusters, and build the liability claim against the driver or company that caused your collision.
After a Southfield street crash, we may obtain the Southfield Police report; freeway collisions may involve Michigan State Police. We also look for nearby camera footage and obtain your medical records from providers such as Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital and other Metro Detroit care providers.
If witnesses, towing, or follow-up investigation extends into another Oakland County jurisdiction, Oakland County Sheriff's Office records may also become relevant.
When an insurer disputes fault or minimizes the injuries, we compare its position with the actual record. A settlement offer means little until it is measured against your medical treatment, lost income, future limitations, available coverage, and strength of the liability evidence.
Maximizing Michigan No-Fault Benefits After a Crash
Michigan no-fault insurance can provide personal injury protection benefits after a motor vehicle crash without requiring you to prove another driver caused the accident. A separate negligence claim may be available against an at-fault driver or company for losses the no-fault system does not fully address.
| Claim | What it addresses | Fault required? |
| PIP/no-fault claim | Qualifying medical, wage-loss, and other first-party benefits within applicable coverage | Generally no |
| Third-party injury claim | Pain and suffering and qualifying losses not fully paid through no-fault | Yes |
The correct PIP insurer depends on the injured person's circumstances and Michigan's priority rules. Understanding PIP insurance in Michigan helps us trace the relevant vehicles, policies, household coverage, and other insurance relationships before deciding where the claim belongs instead of sending it to the first insurer that appears on a crash report.
Michigan also limits when an injured person can recover noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering. A claim generally requires death, permanent serious disfigurement, or a serious impairment of body function.
What Compensation May Be Available After a Southfield Motor Vehicle Accident?
A serious crash can affect far more than the first stack of medical bills. We document wages already lost, treatment still needed, reduced earning ability, help you now need at home, and the ways the injuries changed your daily life when Michigan law allows those losses to be claimed.
- Medical and rehabilitation expenses that fall within available no-fault or liability coverage
- Lost wages and reduced future earning ability
- Pain and suffering when Michigan's threshold for noneconomic damages is met
- Replacement services and other qualifying no-fault benefits
- Other accident-related economic losses supported by records and evidence
A Southfield injury lawyer should be able to separate those losses clearly. PIP may pay qualifying first-party benefits, while a liability claim can pursue pain and suffering and other losses from an at-fault driver or company. We build each part of the case around the evidence that supports it.
What If You Were Partly Responsible for the Crash?
Michigan follows comparative fault rules. Your percentage of fault can reduce the damages awarded against another party, and a person who is more than 50% at fault generally cannot recover noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering after a car accident.
An insurer's early fault decision is not the final word. We compare statements with vehicle damage, scene photographs, video, witness accounts, traffic-control evidence, and electronic data to see whether the insurer's version of the crash actually fits the physical facts.
How Long Do I Have to Bring a Michigan Personal Injury Claim?
Most Michigan lawsuits seeking damages for personal injury must be filed within three years after the claim accrues, which is usually the date of the crash. No-fault PIP claims have separate rules, including one-year notice and filing provisions that can affect unpaid benefits.
Different parts of the case can run on different clocks. We track the lawsuit deadline separately from PIP notice and filing requirements so a claim is not lost because every deadline was treated as though it were the same.
Why Choose a Personal Injury Lawyer Focused on Motor Vehicle Accidents?
A lawyer who handles Michigan motor vehicle claims every day should already know where the pressure points are: PIP coverage, liability insurance, fault disputes, medical proof, wage loss, and the serious-injury threshold. Kajy Law Firm built its practice around car, truck, and motorcycle accidents instead of treating them as one department among many.
- 5,000+ cases handled
- More than $100 million recovered for clients
- 150+ years of combined legal experience
- Free consultations and 24/7 availability
- No fee unless we win a recovery for you
Our office is at 18000 W Nine Mile Rd #1400 in Southfield. We regularly work with crashes tied to I-696, M-10, M-39/Southfield Freeway, Telegraph Road/US-24, Northwestern Highway, Greenfield Road, Evergreen Road, City Centre, and the Northland City Center area.
Southfield Personal Injury Representation for Different Vehicle Crashes
Kajy Law Firm focuses on injuries caused by cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other motor vehicles. The investigation and insurance issues can change significantly depending on the vehicle involved, how the crash happened, and who may be responsible.
Car accident claims
Our Southfield car accident lawyers handle a wide range of passenger-vehicle claims. Most Southfield injury claims we handle begin as car crashes, including collisions involving:
- Distracted driving, including texting and other phone use
- Drunk or drug-impaired driving
- Rear-end collisions
- Intersection and left-turn crashes
- Unsafe lane changes and merging
- Speeding and aggressive driving
- Hit-and-run drivers
- Uninsured and underinsured motorists
- Rideshare vehicles, including Uber and Lyft
- Delivery vans and other work vehicles
- Multi-vehicle crashes
- Drivers who fail to yield or disregard traffic signals
Some of these claims involve more than the at-fault driver's liability policy. We may also need to examine PIP benefits, uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, rideshare insurance, employer coverage, or commercial policies.
Commercial truck and delivery vehicle claims
Commercial truck collisions can involve much more than the driver's conduct. Depending on the vehicle and the business behind it, responsibility may extend to a motor carrier, vehicle owner, maintenance company, cargo company, employer, or another business.
We handle crashes involving vehicles such as:
- Semi-trucks and tractor-trailers
- Box trucks and straight trucks
- Delivery trucks and commercial vans
- Dump trucks and construction vehicles
- Fleet vehicles and other company-owned vehicles
These cases may require us to preserve driver logs, electronic vehicle data, inspection and maintenance records, dispatch communications, cargo records, and commercial insurance information before important evidence disappears.
Motorcycle accident claims
Motorcycle crash claims follow different no-fault rules in Michigan. The motorcycle itself does not carry standard PIP coverage, so identifying every motor vehicle involved in the crash can be critical to determining which insurer may owe benefits.
Motorcycle claims may involve:
- Drivers turning left across a rider's path
- Unsafe lane changes
- Rear-end collisions
- Drivers who fail to see or yield to a motorcycle
- No-contact crashes in which another vehicle forces the rider to take evasive action
- Hit-and-run or uninsured drivers
We also investigate attempts to shift blame onto the rider based on assumptions about speed, visibility, or motorcycle riding rather than the actual evidence.
The Investigation Should Fit the Crash
We do not investigate every motor vehicle accident the same way. A rear-end collision on Telegraph Road, a rideshare crash at a busy intersection, a truck collision on M-39/Southfield Freeway, and a motorcycle crash near the I-696/M-10 interchange can involve different witnesses, insurance policies, electronic records, and evidence that must be preserved.
An experienced Southfield personal injury lawyer can identify those differences early, determine which insurers and parties may be responsible, and build the claim around the evidence the particular crash requires.
What Does Kajy Law Firm Bring to a Southfield Injury Case?
Insurance companies make decisions about fault, coverage, and the value of an injury claim based on the evidence in front of them. Our job is to make sure that evidence tells the full story of what happened and what the crash has cost you.
Motor vehicle accidents are all we do. Kajy Law Firm has handled more than 5,000 cases and recovered more than $100 million for clients. Because motor vehicle accidents are our entire practice, we work with Michigan no-fault coverage, disputed fault, serious-injury claims, and auto insurers every day rather than treating them as one part of a broader personal injury practice.
We also look beyond the bills you have today. Serious injuries can affect your ability to work, require future treatment, limit your independence, and change what you can do at home and with your family. We build the claim to account for those losses.
Clients should not have to chase their lawyer for answers while an insurance claim is pending. We keep you informed, explain important developments in plain language, and handle communication with the insurers so you are not left trying to manage the claim yourself. If your injuries make travel difficult, our team can also meet with you at home or in the hospital.
What Factors Affect the Value of a Southfield Motor Vehicle Injury Claim?
There is no fixed formula for a motor vehicle injury claim. The value can turn on the severity and duration of the injuries, medical proof, time away from work, reduced earning ability, fault, available insurance, and whether the injuries meet Michigan's threshold for noneconomic damages.
We separate PIP losses from losses pursued against an at-fault driver or company. That shows what has already been paid, what remains unpaid, and which insurer or party may be responsible for each category of damages.
A settlement offer can sound substantial until it is compared with the full record. We review medical expenses, lost wages, future financial effects, continuing limitations, available coverage, and the strength of the liability evidence before advising you what the offer actually resolves.
Accepting a settlement generally requires signing a release that ends the claim against the settling party. Before you make that decision, we explain what the evidence supports, what future losses may still develop, and exactly which rights the release would end.
Questions People Ask Before Hiring a Southfield Personal Injury Lawyer
How much does a Southfield personal injury lawyer cost?
Kajy Law Firm handles accepted motor vehicle injury cases on a contingency fee basis. Your consultation is free, and you do not pay an attorney fee unless we obtain a recovery for you. We explain the fee agreement and case costs before you hire us.
Can Kajy Law Firm help with a slip-and-fall or medical malpractice case?
Kajy Law Firm focuses on car, truck, and motorcycle accident cases rather than slip-and-fall, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, dog-bite, or other non-MVA claims. Our referral resources can help connect people with another lawyer when the case falls outside our practice.
Can a Southfield personal injury attorney handle both PIP and a liability claim?
Yes, when both claims are available. We evaluate no-fault benefits separately from the negligence claim against an at-fault driver or company, then coordinate the evidence so the same medical and wage-loss records support the appropriate parts of each claim.
What if the driver who injured me was uninsured?
Michigan auto policies may include uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, depending on the policy. We review the policy language and available coverage because the claim can proceed differently when the at-fault driver has little or no liability insurance.
Do I have to finish medical treatment before calling a lawyer?
You can call us and start your case while your treatment is still underway. We can begin preserving evidence, reviewing insurance, dealing with adjusters, and tracking deadlines while your doctors continue documenting the injuries and how they affect your work and daily life.
Will my Southfield personal injury case go to trial?
Most motor vehicle injury claims settle without going to court, but some require a lawsuit when fault or compensation remains disputed. We prepare the evidence so the case can proceed in court if a negotiated resolution does not fairly address the supported losses.
Can I bring a personal injury claim if I was a passenger?
Yes. An injured passenger may have access to no-fault benefits and may also have a claim against one or more at-fault drivers when the legal requirements are met. Because a passenger usually was not controlling either vehicle, the liability investigation often focuses on the drivers involved.
We still review the available policies, the passenger's insurance situation, and the facts of the collision before deciding where each part of the claim should be presented.
Speak With a Southfield Personal Injury Attorney Focused on Motor Vehicle Accidents
After a serious crash, insurers begin making coverage and fault decisions while you are still dealing with treatment, missed work, and the disruption at home. You need a team building the other side of that record: preserving evidence, documenting the losses, identifying every source of insurance, and preparing the claim to withstand a dispute.
Call Kajy Law Firm at 248-702-6641 or contact us online for a free consultation. We are available 24/7 at 18000 W Nine Mile Rd #1400, Southfield, MI 48075. You pay us nothing unless we win your case.