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Entries for February 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BOB GENETSKI CASE – MIKE NICHOLS RESPONDS TO MEDIA INACCURACIES

Categories: Drunk-Driving

 State Representative Bob Genetski is exercising his right to retain full driving privileges even though a Michigan State University Department of Public Safety officer claims he refused an evidential breath test. “As reported on M-Live and in the Grand Rapids Press, Bob’s license has not been suspended. That is inaccurate,” 

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

.18 BLOOD GUESSTIMATE AND AN ACCIDENT BUT NOT GUILTY ON AN OWI-OUI-DUI CHARGE

 Battle Creek jury says not guilty for a Nichols Law Firm client accused of drunk driving

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Monday, February 20, 2012

REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO AN EVIDENTIARY CHEMICAL TEST (DATAMASTER) DISMISSED BY SECRETARY OF STATE

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Secretary of State dismisses refusal to submit

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Monday, February 20, 2012

LANSING DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS TO SPEAK AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES THIS WEEK

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols, who is known as a skilled OWI-DUI-OUIL attorney in Michigan, will speak at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences on February 23, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Monday, February 20, 2012

LAWSUIT FILED BY SNOWMOBILER

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols

Avid snowmobiler, Attorney Wendy Schiller-Nichols writes about personal injury protection under the No Fault Act.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

WHAT IS IT WORTH TO THE GOVERNMENT TO COLLECT FINES, COSTS AND FEES FROM AN OWI-OUIL-DUI?

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

All officers are not like the officers involved in the case in Seattle of the “missing video,” but this is surely not an isolated incident.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

WENDY SCHILLER-NICHOLS ON THE LIABILITY AND THE JOY OF CHILDREN LEARNING TO SKI

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols

In this unpublished opinion, Plaintiff, a 13 year old boy, was taking snowboarding lessons at a Michigan ski resort.  The instructor at one point, stopped and turned to the boy and signaled to him to cross the hill. 

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

OWI CHARGE IN EAST LANSING DISMISSED: CLIENT'S FACEBOOK STATUS CHANGED FROM PRESUMED INNOCENT TO VINDICATED

Categories: OWI

A Lansing man was stopped at 2:30 in the morning shortly before Christmas last year. His car's passenger side tires were straddling the lane marker. The officer asked him why?

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

PIP benefits will pay for lost wages for up to 3 years, medical bills for life, attendant care and replacement services.

Categories: Personal Injury

The case of Marcoux v Home Owners Insurance (unpublished) involved a snowmobiler who smashed into the rear-end of a parked van sustaining serious injuries. 

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

CITY OF LANSING TRIES TO CONVICT A CITIZEN OF DRUNK DRIVING DESPITE FALSIFIED DATAMASTER SIMULATION RECORDS -- AND LOSES

Categories: Drunk-Driving

The Lansing City Attorney's office failed in its recent attempt to hide the fact that its datamaster simulator records were falsified.

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

IF YOU ARE A DIABETIC AND STOPPED ON SUSPICION OF OWI-OUIL-DUI IN MICHIGAN, TELL THE OFFICER ABOUT YOUR CONDITION

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Michigan Court of Appeals sent a recent message to drivers stopped and investigated for drunk driving: tell the officer about your diabetic condition if you suffer from this illness.

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Mike Nichols is a national leader in drunk driving defense. He is a member of the Forensic Committee and Michigan delegate to the National College for DUI Defense. He is also a Sustaining Member of the College. Nichols is also a founding member of the Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys; a member of the American Chemical Society; an associate member of he American Academy of Forensic Science, Adjunct Professor of Forensic Evidence in Criminal Law and OWI Law and Practice at Cooley Law School. He is also author of the West OWI Practice book and several chapters in other books on science and the law.

Mike Nichols is recognized by his peers in Michigan as a “SuperLawyer” in DUI/Criminal Defense. Nichols has also been asked to speak at conferences by groups such as the NCDD; Various Bar Associations in other states.